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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 did the Civil Rights Act fail to address?
(a) Interracial marriage.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Voting rights.
(d) Integration.

2. What bridge does the first Selma march stop at?
(a) Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) Parks Bridge.
(c) Golden Gate Bridge.
(d) Edmund Pettus Bridge.

3. Who did Lewis always feel like was never part of the Movement?
(a) Diane Nash.
(b) Stokely Carmichael.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Malcolm X.

4. Who is James Reeb?
(a) As a white problem.
(b) As a Southern problem.
(c) As a Black problem.
(d) As an American problem.

5. Why does Lewis move to Atlanta in '63?
(a) To find a job.
(b) To live with his girlfriend.
(c) To find a job.
(d) To work for SNCC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney doing before they got stopped?

2. Who is Virgil Lamar?

3. Who won re-election in a landslide in '64?

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

5. What happened to the children who marched in Birmingham?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Medgar Evers?

2. Who goes missing on the way to SNCC training?

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

4. How does the March series end?

5. Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?

6. Who is Bayard Rustin?

7. Where does Lewis and his colleagues travel abroad to?

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

9. What does Bloody Sunday refer to?

10. What happens on Turnaround Tuesday?

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