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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 food was Lewis uncomfortable eating growing up?

2. Who is devasted by Lewis's first arrest?

3. Who calls off the Freedom Rides?

4. How did Lewis get to school growing up?

5. Who shows up to Abernathy's church to provide protection?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mattress war?

2. Who were the Freedom Riders?

3. Who is Otis Carter?

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

5. Who is elected to SNCC's executive coordinating committee?

6. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

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

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

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

10. Who is James Farmer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay in which you discuss the role that nonviolent resistance played in the civil rights movement. Specifically, what was Lewis's stance on nonviolence? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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