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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 is the state of SNCC when Lewis returns home from his travels abroad?
2. Who personally thanks Lewis for educating him?
3. Who is Jim Clark?
4. What happens at the first Selma to Montgomery march?
5. Under what conditions does Lewis march from Selma to Montgomery?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Malcolm X die?
2. What happens in Birmingham, AL on September 15, 1963?
3. What happens when the protesters reach Edmund Pettus Bridge?
4. How does the March series end?
5. Who was the police chief determined to put protests to an end?
6. Why does Dr. King file a request for a federal injunction?
7. Who are Addie, Carole, Cynthia, and Denise?
8. What year is the Civil Rights Act signed into law?
9. Who leds the first march across Selma?
10. What does Bloody Sunday refer to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you discuss Lewis's desire to attend college, and, specifically, a white one. What was Lewis willing to do to go to an all-white college? Why did he have to turn down the opportunity given to him by Dr. King to sue the state of Alabama? Why was it important that he attend the school he ended up going to, narratively? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay in which you discuss the narrative voice of John Lewis. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text to analyze the nature of this voice. Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.
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