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.Listen to the podcast in your Student eBook and choose the best answer to each question

from Interview with John Lewis

from NPR

?What is the main purpose of this podcast 1

To inform listeners about John Lewis’s prize-winning book

To inform listeners about the role John Lewis played in securing voters’ rights
To persuade listeners that the Civil Rights Movement was largely successful
To persuade listeners that it is possible to overcome difficulties

What is the most likely reason that John Lewis’s parents advised him, in his childhood, not to interfere 2
?in matters concerning racial discrimination

.They thought he was too young to understand the problem

.They feared that his involvement would make trouble for them
.They believed changes would occur eventually in the future
.They wanted to protect him from negative consequences

Why does John Lewis talk about the number of people he knew who had taught in schools and colleges 3
?in Alabama

To explain why he felt that being viewed as a leader was important

To demonstrate that African Americans are competent educators
To provide information about important relationships in his past
To make it clear that the literacy test was just a way to deny voting rights

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What was the major result of the American public’s exposure to news stories and photographs of the 4
?”day called “Bloody Sunday

.It increased racial tension throughout the nation

.It promoted widespread support for racial integration
.It led to a federal law protecting citizens’ voting rights
.It raised doubts about the marchers’ commitment to nonviolence

?Which word best describes John Lewis’s attitude toward President Johnson 5

Grateful
Scornful
Doubtful
Sympathetic

?When John Lewis was a boy, how did his parents respond to racial discrimination 6

.They felt angry and helpless

.They protested and demonstrated
.They accepted it as their reality
.They were hopeful about eventual change

?What is John Lewis’s purpose when he talks about his experiences with the public library 7

To turn the discussion to the subject of his writing

To show how much has changed in a few decades
To give one reason why passing the literacy test was difficult
To indicate the depth of his determination to create change

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?What overall tone does John Lewis’s voice have in the interview 8

angry
disappointed
matter of fact
worried

Listeners learn a great deal about the life of John Lewis during the podcast. Which event best 9
?completes the chronological summary of events

.John Lewis's parents tell him not to get into trouble

.John Lewis is elected to the House of Representatives
.A successful march takes place between Selma and Montgomery
.Martin Luther King Jr. motivates John Lewis to work on equal rights

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After describing the educated people who took the test required for African 10
Americans to register to vote, John Lewis refers to it as the so-called literacy test. Which two reasons
?best explain why he uses the term so-called

To express scorn for the test

To suggest it was actually the opposite
To stress the idea that it did not measure literacy
To point out that most people agreed it tested literacy
To indicate that there is another name for the test

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Part A
?What is Lewis’s purpose for discussing Martin Luther King Jr. in this interview
To explain how King inspired his own civil rights activism
To contrast King’s approach to civil rights with his parents’ views
To describe how his views about civil rights activism differed from King’s
To educate his audience about King’s unknown contributions to civil rights
Part B
?Which quote from the interview best supports the answer to Part A
.They said, that’s the way it is
.It seemed like he was saying to me, John Lewis, you, too, can make a contribution
.He was speaking at a church in Montgomery
And he was saying, in effect, that we must not just be concerned about the pearly gates and the
.streets with milk and honey

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What is the attitude of the interviewer, Terry Gross, toward John Lewis? Support your 12
.answer with evidence from the podcast

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