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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 does Lewis meet Diane Nash?

2. What does CORE do for Lewis?

3. Why is Lewis invited to Philadelphia?

4. What animal did Lewis care for as a child?

5. How did white people react to the Freedom Riders?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Bull Connor drop off Lewis and his colleagues?

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

3. What is CORE?

4. Who teaches Lewis about nonviolent resistance?

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

6. Who is sentenced to 60 days in jail?

7. Who were the Freedom Riders?

8. Who is Robert Kennedy?

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

10. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss Lewis's relationship to religion. What was his religious upbringing like, and what connections does he have to faith and spirituality? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss the legacy of John Lewis. Why is this an important man to not only honor and remember, but to learn about in school? What was his impact on American history and society? In what ways do we continue see that impact today?

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