March: Book One Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Andrew Aydin , John Lewis, and Nate Powell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

March: Book One Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Andrew Aydin , John Lewis, and Nate Powell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What were sit-ins?

2. What does Lewis have to do to transfer schools?

3. How did white people react to the Freedom Riders?

4. What does Lewis do at Lawson's workshop?

5. Who is Robert Kennedy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

9. Who is Bull Connor?

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

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 the concept of "good trouble," which Lewis cites not only in the books but throughout his entire career. What is good trouble, and why does Lewis feel it is important to make some? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss Lewis's relationship to religion. What was his religious upbringing like, and what connections does he have to faith and spirituality? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

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