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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. Who does Dr. King tell Robert Kennedy to send to Abernathy's church?

2. Who harrassed Lewis and his peers at sit-ins?

3. Who is Robert Kennedy?

4. Who was losing patience with the Freedom Riders?

5. What was Brown vs. Board of Education?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Robert Kennedy?

2. What was Robert Kennedy's role in the civil rights movement?

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

4. How do Lewis and his peers prepare for the sit-ins?

5. Where does John Lewis grow up?

6. What does Robert Kennedy want SNCC to do amid the escalating violence?

7. What establishment other than restuarants did civil rights activists begin targeting in the 60s?

8. Who is elected to SNCC's executive coordinating committee?

9. Who is the 44th president of the United States?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss Lewis's relationship to and thoughts about school while growing up in Alabama. What did he think of school? What about the prospect of going to school was appealing to him? What challenges did he face trying to go to school? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss Lewis's role in the Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee. What role did he play in the committee, and what was its impact on the civil rights movement? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss the other important figures of the civil rights movement. Choose one or two of these other figures, and analyze their impact on the movement, according to Lewis's recollection of his time fighting alongside them. Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

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