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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. In whose yard does a bomb explode in this chapter?

2. Who is the American President in this chapter?

3. What does King's speech stress the importance of?

4. Where is Ralph Abernathy the pastor?

5. What did the Dexter Avenue Church find it difficult to find?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Rockefellers become involved with the Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary?

2. How does King counteract Clayton Powell's threat?

3. How did Mike King improve himself so he could date Alberta Williams?

4. How does King arrange to transport the Negroes to and from work?

5. What happens to the Freedom Rider's Greyhound bus in Chapter 11?

6. What happens to John Lewis when he tries to order hamburgers at a bar?

7. How did the movie theaters in Nashville react to people protesting outside?

8. Why is the phone call Robert Kennedy makes to a judge potentially dangerous to his career?

9. How did the First Baptist Church of Montgomery and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church form?

10. How does King prove himself innocent of the tax charges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the connotations of the word "nigger."

1) What is its original meaning and what has it come to mean?

2) Why is it now considered so wrong to use?

3) Do you think the word has become too powerful?

Essay Topic 2

Why was it the right time to boycott the buses? How did the black community spread the word that they were boycotting the buses? How did the media respond to the bus boycott?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the book. Why do you think these themes are so important to the book? How does Branch use character and setting to express his themes?

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