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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis have to do to transfer schools?
(a) Drop out of school.
(b) Take a test.
(c) Sue the state of Alabama.
(d) Change his name.

2. What does Floyd Mann do for the Freedom Riders?
(a) Almost kills them.
(b) Saves their lives.
(c) Gives them food.
(d) Gives them shelter.

3. What does Lewis begin to see at protests?
(a) Swearing.
(b) Partying.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Lack of discipline.

4. Why is Lewis invited to Philadelphia?
(a) He is not invited to Philadelphia.
(b) For an interview.
(c) For a concert.
(d) For a party.

5. Who receives a telegram from the American Friends Service Committee?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) James Bevel.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were sit-ins?

2. What is the hardest thing Lewis learns from Lawson?

3. What was Brown vs. Board of Education?

4. Which state in the North did Lewis travel to as a child?

5. Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is sentenced to 60 days in jail?

2. What is the purpose of the sit-ins?

3. Why is there a protest at a Cairo swimming pool?

4. What is the mattress war?

5. Who is James Farmer?

6. Who writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

7. How do Lewis and his peers prepare for the sit-ins?

8. Where does the subject of the biography travel to with Otis Carter?

9. What was Robert Kennedy's role in the civil rights movement?

10. Why does Robert Kennedy lose his patience with SNCC?

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