Review of March

At the beginning of March, which event is described

• Bloody Sunday attack in Selma, Alabama

• The speech of Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Lunch counter protests

• The War in Iraq

Just after the title page, the author juxtaposes Selma, Alabama with

• the War in Iraq

• The election of George W. Bush

• Obama's inauguration

• Crossing a bridge

When he was a child growing up, John Lewis and his family were

• preachers

• chicken farmers

• famous public speakers

• unemployed

John Lewis started to learn to become a preacher by

• marrying chickens

• watching television

• listen to the radio

• reading wikipedia articles about it

John Lewis started learning about nonviolent resistence through

• learning about Gandhi

• listening to Dr. Martin Luther King, JR.

• paying attention to what the local preachers were doing

• watching his chickens

While driving north with his uncle, John Lewis realizes that

• the life of whites is dramatically different from the life of blacks

• there was equal opportunity in all parts of the U.S.

• there was racism everywhere

Which historical events does John Lewis discuss in part I of March?

• the killing of Emmett Till

• Rosa Parks refusing to sit at the back of the bus

• lunch counter protests

• The attacks of 9-11

John Lewis is trained that in order to change bad laws, he must

• fight with strength

• love the oppressor

• arm himself against the tyrant

• refuse to pay taxes

True or False: John Lewis and his student friends stay in jail to continue their protest

• true

• false

One of the most effective means of protesting was

• boycotting all businesses

• violently fighting back

• peaceful resistence

• hateful speech