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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there a protest at a Cairo swimming pool?

2. Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

3. What was the mattress war?

4. What does CORE do for Lewis?

5. What was the first target of the Nashville Student Movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the sit-ins?

2. Who teaches Lewis about nonviolent resistance?

3. Why does Robert Kennedy lose his patience with SNCC?

4. What were the protesters instructed NOT to do during sit-ins?

5. Who is Robert Kennedy?

6. What does the subject of the biography think about school when he is growing up?

7. Who would not allow Lewis to sue the state of Alabama?

8. Who is sentenced to 60 days in jail?

9. Who is James Farmer?

10. What does Robert Kennedy want SNCC to do amid the escalating violence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the Selma to Montgomery March. What was the significance of this march? Who participated? What impact did it have on the American public, and on American history? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss the narrative voice of John Lewis. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text to analyze the nature of this voice. Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss Lewis's desire to attend college, and, specifically, a white one. What was Lewis willing to do to go to an all-white college? Why did he have to turn down the opportunity given to him by Dr. King to sue the state of Alabama? Why was it important that he attend the school he ended up going to, narratively? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

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