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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. Who was Dexter's preacher after Johns?

2. Where does King receive an offer to teach?

3. What is King asked to write a book about?

4. What do both candidates think will be the major issue in their presidential campaign?

5. What was Williams' father's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does King put into motion with the SCLC in Chapter 6?

2. How do the police try to stop the carpool drivers?

3. How does the governor of Montgomery react to students trying to get served at the state capitol building lunch counter?

4. What happens when a girl refuses to move from her seat on the bus?

5. How did McCall fail the second sermon?

6. How does King find the task of writing a book?

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

8. What does Clayton Powell threaten to do if King does not call off plans to picket the Democratic convention?

9. How does King's Civil Rights work affect his preaching?

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

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

Examine King's upbringing and write 500 words about how his upbringing molded him into the strong and influential leader he became.

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