View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposes Action in Montgomery?

2. What did Lewis think of his travels abroad with SNCC?

3. Who is Barry Goldwater?

4. Who were the Big Six?

5. What did the Civil Rights Act fail to address?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ella Baker?

2. What does Bloody Sunday refer to?

3. What happens on Turnaround Tuesday?

4. Who succeeds President Kennedy following his assassination?

5. How does the March series end?

6. What does Bob Moses warn student volunteers of?

7. Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?

8. Who does Lewis meet with while abroad?

9. What was the teachers' march?

10. Who is Medgar Evers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 631 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample