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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. Who is Robert Kennedy?

2. Who calls off the Freedom Rides?

3. Who is Jim Lawson?

4. What is the Nashville Student Movement?

5. What food was Lewis uncomfortable eating growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who teaches Lewis about nonviolent resistance?

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

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

4. Where does John Lewis grow up?

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

6. What establishment other than restuarants did civil rights activists begin targeting in the 60s?

7. Who is James Farmer?

8. Why was Lewis so adamant about marching?

9. Who does the subject of the biography preach to?

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

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 the significance of intertwining Lewis's story with the inauguration of Barack Obama, the first Black U.S. president. Why is it important that Lewis contextualize his history as a civil rights activist with Obama's historic win? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

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