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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Otis Carter?
(a) Lewis's father.
(b) Lewis's son.
(c) Lewis's brother.
(d) Lewis's uncle.

2. Why is Lewis invited to Philadelphia?
(a) For a concert.
(b) For a party.
(c) He is not invited to Philadelphia.
(d) For an interview.

3. Who is Jim Lawson?
(a) A preacher.
(b) A businessman.
(c) A chef.
(d) An activist.

4. What was the mattress war?
(a) The Freedom Riders burned their mattresses.
(b) There was no mattress war.
(c) The Freedom Riders hid their mattresses.
(d) The prison guards stripped the Freedom Riders of their mattresses.

5. Who is George Wallace?
(a) Former Supreme Court Justice.
(b) Former President.
(c) Former Governor of Alabama.
(d) Former Vice President.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bob Moses?

2. Who agrees to serve 60 days in jail?

3. What part of school did Lewis love?

4. Who comes into John Lewis's office in Book One?

5. Where do the Freedom Riders stay after being dropped off somewhere by Bull Connor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is James Farmer?

3. Where does Bull Connor drop off Lewis and his colleagues?

4. What is the mattress war?

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

6. Why was Lewis so adamant about marching?

7. Who would not allow Lewis to sue the state of Alabama?

8. Who writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

9. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

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

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