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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. Where did Lewis grow up?

2. What do the Freedom Riders do in jail to pass the time?

3. Who is Robert Kennedy?

4. Who calls off the Freedom Rides?

5. Who harrassed Lewis and his peers at sit-ins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is James Farmer?

2. What was Robert Kennedy's role in the civil rights movement?

3. Who is Bull Connor?

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

5. Who were the Freedom Riders?

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

7. What is the mattress war?

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

9. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

10. Who is the main individual followed in the trilogy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay in which you discuss John Lewis's early life. What was the nature of his family life, and growing up in the South in the mid-twentieth century? What kind of child was John Lewis, and what about him made it clear that he was not like other children? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

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

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