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Literal: According to paragraph 8, where did John Lewis's family live as sharecroppers?
Selma, Alabama
Troy, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama
Nashville, Tennessee
In paragraph 8, who did John have to take care of when he was five years old?
His brothers and sisters
His cousins
His parents
About sixty animals on the farm
According to paragraph 10, what nickname did John earn because of his habit of giving sermons to the chickens?
Preacher
Chicken Little
Farmer
Big Belle
Literal: According to paragraph 11, during the time John was growing up in the South, what was the system that kept black people separate from white people called?
Freedom
Segregation
Integration
Equality
In paragraph 13, who did fifteen-year-old John hear on the radio speaking about a boycott in Montgomery, Alabama?
Mohandas Gandhi
President Johnson
John Lewis
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Literal: According to paragraph 16, what kind of resistance did John like as a way to bring about social change?
Silent protest
Ignoring the problem
Nonviolent resistance
Violent resistance
Literal: In paragraph 18, where was John invited to speak in August 1963?
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Montgomery, Alabama
Nashville, Tennessee
Selma to Montgomery march
Literal: According to paragraph 20, what important act did President Lyndon B. Johnson sign the year after the March on Washington?
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Freedom Act
The Voting Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act
Literal: In paragraph 21, what did John and other SNCC leaders want to do in Selma, Alabama?
Protest against unfair housing
Start a new school
Organize a march to Washington
Register southern black people to vote
Literal: According to paragraph 27, what did John suddenly see a sea of at the crest of the bridge?
Supporters
Reporters
Flowers
State troopers
Inferential: Based on paragraph 8, what can you infer about John's family's economic situation?
They owned a large farm with many animals.
They were wealthy landowners.
They likely had limited resources and worked for someone els
They had a comfortable life.
Inferential: Based on paragraph 11, why were black people kept separate from white people in the South?
Because they had different customs and traditions.
Because they preferred to live in different communities.
Because they spoke different languages.
Because there were laws in place that enforced segregation.
Inferential: In paragraph 13, why did John feel that Dr. King was speaking directly to him?
Because John was also a preacher.
Because John was the only one listening to the radio.
Because John knew Dr. King personally.
Because Dr.King was talking about standing up against sth.
Inferential: Based on paragraph 17, what does the word "committed" suggest about John's dedication to bringing people together for their civil rights?
That he occasionally thought about civil rights.
That he was fully and strongly dedicated to the cause.
That he was forced to be involved in the movement.
That he was sometimes interested in the cause.
Inferential: Based on paragraphs 29 and 30, what was the atmosphere like when the marchers reached the top of the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
Peaceful and welcoming
Tense, dangerous, and confrontational
Quiet and empty
Festive and celebratory
Literal: According to paragraph 33, what happened to the state troopers and police at the bridge?
They joined the marchers.
They simply watched the marchers.
They offered the marchers water.
They attacked the protesters.
