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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 ban?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Integration.
(c) Interracial marriage.
(d) It did not ban anything.

2. Why does Dr. King file a request for a federal injunction?
(a) To protect himself.
(b) To protect Lewis.
(c) He does not file a request for a federal injunction.
(d) To provide safety for the protesters.

3. Who kills Virgil Lamar?
(a) White teens.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) White adults.
(d) A police officer.

4. Who is Ella Baker?
(a) A police chief.
(b) A teacher.
(c) An activist.
(d) A professor.

5. Who does Lewis run into while traveling abroad with SNCC?
(a) Obama.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Jim Lawson.
(d) Dr. King.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who are Addie, Carole, Cynthia, and Denise?

4. Which President proposed a Civil Rights Bill in '63?

5. What does SNCC not want Lewis to participate in on their behalf?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are Addie, Carole, Cynthia, and Denise?

4. What happens in Birmingham, AL on September 15, 1963?

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

6. What does Bob Moses warn student volunteers of?

7. What happens on Turnaround Tuesday?

8. What church in Birmingham was considered a headquarters for the civil rights movement?

9. How does Malcolm X die?

10. What is the MFDP?

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