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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. Why does Lewis think he is going to die at the first Selma to Montgomery march?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He does not think he will die.
(c) He is afraid of dying.
(d) He is beaten.

2. What was the teachers' march?
(a) A march organized by teachers for fun.
(b) A march organized by teachers for publicity.
(c) A march organized by teachers for integration.
(d) A march organized by teachers for voting rights.

3. What does Harry Belafonte do for SNCC?
(a) Gives them support.
(b) Gives them money.
(c) Takes them out for dinner.
(d) Invites them on a trip.

4. How long does Lewis stay abroad with his colleagues?
(a) A year.
(b) 72 days.
(c) A week.
(d) 10 days.

5. Who are Addie, Carole, Cynthia, and Denise?
(a) Four girls who were injured in the church bombing.
(b) Four girls from Nashville.
(c) Four little girls who died in the church bombing.
(d) Four friends from Dallas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Turnaround Tuesday?

2. What did the Civil Rights Act ban?

3. What does President Johnson say at his surprise press conference?

4. Who finds the bodies of Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?

5. Who is Medgar Evers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What year is the Civil Rights Act signed into law?

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

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

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

5. What happens on Turnaround Tuesday?

6. Who is Bayard Rustin?

7. How does Medgar Evers die?

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

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

10. How does the March series end?

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