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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 SNCC do despite the administration's pleas to stop?
(a) They continue planning.
(b) They continue talking.
(c) They continue meeting.
(d) They continue protesting.

2. Who proposes Action in Montgomery?
(a) Diane Nash.
(b) Jim Lawson.
(c) Bull Connor.
(d) James Farmer.

3. Who is supposed to lead the first Selma to Montgomery march?
(a) Hamer.
(b) Hamer.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Bevel.

4. Who looks in the woods for the bodies of Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) No one.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) Lewis and his peers.

5. Who is Harry Belaftone?
(a) A chef.
(b) A baker.
(c) An actor.
(d) A singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?

2. What is Turnaround Tuesday?

3. Who is assassinated on Lewis's birthday?

4. Who co-leads the Selma to Montgomery march?

5. Why does Lewis move to Atlanta in '63?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did SNCC oppose Kennedy's proposed Civil Rights Bill?

2. Who proposes "Action in Montgomery," and what is it?

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

4. Who succeeds President Kennedy following his assassination?

5. What does Bob Moses warn student volunteers of?

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

7. What happens on Turnaround Tuesday?

8. What was the teachers' march?

9. Why does Dr. King file a request for a federal injunction?

10. What does Bloody Sunday refer to?

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