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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. When does Kennedy sign the Civil Rights Racial Discrimination Bill?

2. Why did the sheriff shoot a black man?

3. Who does King think will win the National Baptist Conference elections?

4. What does King lead a mall to the courthouse to do?

5. Where do the Civil Rights leaders make their speeches in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does King make with Robert Kennedy in this chapter?

2. What does the New Orleans article accuse O'Dell of?

3. Why did a hitman prove to be an embarrassment to the government?

4. What is the Albany Movement?

5. How does Moses react to the sheriff attacking him in Chapter 13?

6. How does the Albany Movement try to recover its momentum in this chapter?

7. Why does King snub Kennedy?

8. How does the city respond to the Albany Movement's manifesto?

9. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

10. How does Kennedy create the Voter Education Project?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Branch uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the demonstrations Branch describes in the book and examine how impact this event had on the Civil Rights Movements as a whole. What was the public's initial reaction to the demonstration? What media attention did it receive?

Essay Topic 3

How important was King's education? Would the Civil Rights movement have worked without educated leaders? How difficult was it for black people to get an education in America before Civil Rights?

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