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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who moves quickly on his promise to support a civil rights bill?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) President Bush.
(c) President Obama.
(d) President Clinton.

2. Where are the bodies of Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney eventually found?
(a) In the woods.
(b) In the ocean.
(c) The bodies are never found.
(d) In the river.

3. Who is Medgar Evers?
(a) A civil rights activist.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) An actor.
(d) A chef.

4. What does Lewis tell Andrew at the end of Book Three?
(a) They should not tell the story.
(b) They have to tell the story.
(c) They should think about telling the story.
(d) They do not have to tell the story.

5. Who became the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize in '64?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Diane Nash.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Fannie Lou Hamer.

6. How long does Lewis stay abroad with his colleagues?
(a) 72 days.
(b) A week.
(c) 10 days.
(d) A year.

7. What does Fannie Lou Hamer endure over the years?
(a) Violence and brutality from whites.
(b) Martital struggles.
(c) Financial struggles.
(d) Love and caring from whites.

8. Who is Jim Clark?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) Sheriff of Selma.
(c) A fireman.
(d) A teacher.

9. What is Bloody Sunday?
(a) There is no such thing as Bloody Sunday.
(b) The first day of the Selma to Montgomery march.
(c) The second day of the Selma to Montgomery march.
(d) The first Sunday of March.

10. What does SNCC not want Lewis to participate in on their behalf?
(a) The Birmingham march.
(b) The march in Boston.
(c) The March on Washington.
(d) The Selma to Montgomery march.

11. What was MFDP?
(a) A group of teachers.
(b) A group of lawyers.
(c) Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
(d) A group of chefs.

12. Who succeeds John F. Kennedy?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) President Bush.
(c) President Clinton.
(d) President Obama.

13. What does SNCC do despite the administration's pleas to stop?
(a) They continue protesting.
(b) They continue planning.
(c) They continue meeting.
(d) They continue talking.

14. Who does Diane Nash marry?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) Lewis.
(c) James Farmer.
(d) James Bevel.

15. What does Lewis pack on the day of the Selma to Montgomery march?
(a) Things he might need in prison.
(b) He packs nothing.
(c) Water.
(d) A toothbrush.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was especially shaken up by the church bombing?

2. What year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?

3. Who was irked by all the protests?

4. How does Medgar Evers die?

5. Why does President Johnson randomly call for a press conference on the night of the Democratic National Convention?

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