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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 are the Freedom Riders?

2. What is the hardest thing Lewis learns from Lawson?

3. What do Lewis's parents refuse to agree to do?

4. What does Lewis begin to see at protests?

5. Who eventually agrees that lunch counters should be desegregated?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Bull Connor?

3. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

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

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

6. Who is sentenced to 60 days in jail?

7. Who is James Farmer?

8. Who is the main individual followed in the trilogy?

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

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

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 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 2

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 3

Write an essay in which you discuss Lewis's role in the Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee. What role did he play in the committee, and what was its impact on the civil rights movement? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

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