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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 is Bayard Rustin?

2. Who is Barry Goldwater?

3. What was the teachers' march?

4. When is the last time Lewis sees Malcolm X alive?

5. Who is Harry Belaftone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Birmingham, AL on September 15, 1963?

2. Who becomes the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize in '64?

3. Why did SNCC oppose Kennedy's proposed Civil Rights Bill?

4. What happens when the protesters reach Edmund Pettus Bridge?

5. Who goes missing on the way to SNCC training?

6. Who leds the first march across Selma?

7. Who proposes "Action in Montgomery," and what is it?

8. Who is Ella Baker?

9. How does Medgar Evers die?

10. Where does Lewis and his colleagues travel abroad to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss John Lewis's early life. What was the nature of his family life, and growing up in the South in the mid-twentieth century? What kind of child was John Lewis, and what about him made it clear that he was not like other children? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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