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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. What does Lewis do at Lawson's workshop?

2. Why are the Freedom Riders sent to Parchman?

3. Who sets out to train Birmingham's children for marches?

4. Where did Lewis grow up?

5. Why does a bus driver refuse to drive the Freedom Riders?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the mattress war?

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

4. Who is James Farmer?

5. Who is Robert Kennedy?

6. Who is Bull Connor?

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

8. Where does the subject of the biography travel to with Otis Carter?

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

10. What is CORE?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the fight to legalize voting rights for Black Americans. What lengths did Lewis and fellow activists go to to ensure that they would be able to participate in American voting practices? What challenges did they face along the way? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss Lewis's relationship to Malcolm X. Who was Malcolm X, and what was his place in the movement? What did he teach Lewis? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss the other important figures of the civil rights movement. Choose one or two of these other figures, and analyze their impact on the movement, according to Lewis's recollection of his time fighting alongside them. Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

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