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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 Emmett Till?
(a) A preacher from Atlanta.
(b) A teacher from Canada.
(c) A choir boy.
(d) A Black teenaged boy who was murdered by white men.

2. Why does Lewis go to Philadelphia?
(a) He does not go to Philadelphia.
(b) For a wedding.
(c) For an interview.
(d) For a party.

3. What does Lewis have to do to transfer schools?
(a) Drop out of school.
(b) Sue the state of Alabama.
(c) Change his name.
(d) Take a test.

4. What do the Freedom Riders do in jail to pass the time?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Preach.

5. Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) A businessman.
(b) A preacher from Atlanta.
(c) A teacher from Canada.
(d) A professor from Maine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Freedom Riders stay at a bus station all night?

2. When where the Freedom Riders allowed to leave the church they were held in?

3. Where does Lewis plan on going after his trip to Philadelphia?

4. Where does Bull Connor drop off the Freedom Riders?

5. Who is devasted by Lewis's first arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the subject of the biography think about school when he is growing up?

2. Where does John Lewis grow up?

3. Why does Robert Kennedy lose his patience with SNCC?

4. Why was Lewis so adamant about marching?

5. Why is there a protest at a Cairo swimming pool?

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

7. Who is Otis Carter?

8. What is the purpose of the sit-ins?

9. Who is sentenced to 60 days in jail?

10. What is CORE?

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