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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 were Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney doing before they got stopped?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Preaching.
(c) Investigating a church.
(d) Eating.

2. What does President Johnson say at his surprise press conference?
(a) He says nothing.
(b) It is his anniversary.
(c) It is his birthday.
(d) It has been nine months since Kennedy's assassination.

3. Why is Lewis weary of Lyndon B. Johnson?
(a) He does not trust him.
(b) He does not know how deep his support runs.
(c) He is not weary of him.
(d) He is racist.

4. What does SNCC not want Lewis to participate in on their behalf?
(a) The march in Boston.
(b) The March on Washington.
(c) The Selma to Montgomery march.
(d) The Birmingham march.

5. Who was a major organizer for the March on Washington?
(a) Bayard Rustin.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) Diane Nash.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bayard Rustin?

2. What was the turning point in the movement for Lewis?

3. Who visits Lewis at the hospital?

4. What does Lewis pack on the day of the Selma to Montgomery march?

5. What year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the protesters reach Edmund Pettus Bridge?

2. Who was the police chief determined to put protests to an end?

3. What does Bloody Sunday refer to?

4. Who is Ella Baker?

5. Who is Medgar Evers?

6. Who becomes the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize in '64?

7. How does Malcolm X die?

8. How does Medgar Evers die?

9. Who leds the first march across Selma?

10. What does Bob Moses warn student volunteers of?

(see the answer keys)

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