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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 Otis Carter take Lewis?

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

3. What does Robert Kennedy tell SNCC to shift their focus to?

4. What preacher did Lewis hear on the radio in 1955?

5. What is Parchman Farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

3. Who is the 44th president of the United States?

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

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

6. What is CORE?

7. Who is Otis Carter?

8. Who were the Freedom Riders?

9. Who is James Farmer?

10. Who teaches Lewis about nonviolent resistance?

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 role that demonstrations and protests played in the civil rights movement. What impact did the activists' demonstrations and protest have on the American public? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss the decision to tell John Lewis's story in a trilogy set up in the graphic novel style. What about this mode of storytelling renders Lewis's story even more impactful? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

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