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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. What happens in Birmingham, AL on September 15, 1963?
(a) A protest.
(b) A festival.
(c) A church bombing.
(d) A riot.

2. What was the impact of the marches in Birmingham?
(a) The city promised to take steps toward desegregation.
(b) The city vowed to uphold segregation.
(c) The city vowed to arrest all protesters.
(d) They made no impact.

3. Who is elected chairman of SNCC in '63?
(a) Diane Nash.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) James Bevel.

4. Who are Addie, Carole, Cynthia, and Denise?
(a) Four girls who were injured in the church bombing.
(b) Four girls from Nashville.
(c) Four little girls who died in the church bombing.
(d) Four friends from Dallas.

5. Who does Lewis run into while traveling abroad with SNCC?
(a) Obama.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Jim Lawson.
(d) Dr. King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Harry Belaftone?

2. In Book II, who did not want the protests to continue?

3. What does SNCC not want Lewis to participate in on their behalf?

4. Who kills Virgil Lamar?

5. What was the teachers' march?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bloody Sunday refer to?

2. Where does Lewis and his colleagues travel abroad to?

3. Who is appointed chairman of SNCC in '63?

4. What church in Birmingham was considered a headquarters for the civil rights movement?

5. How does Medgar Evers die?

6. What is the MFDP?

7. What happens when the protesters reach Edmund Pettus Bridge?

8. Who are Addie, Carole, Cynthia, and Denise?

9. Who becomes the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize in '64?

10. Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?

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