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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. What were the nicknames of the African Americans who traveled from state to state even though they were prohibited from doing so because of white co-passengers?

2. What year was Mohandas Gandhi assassinated?

3. What is the date noted at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools"?

4. What religious journal contained a summary of Dr. King's book Stride Toward Freedom?

5. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?

2. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why had some African Americans become cynical and disillusioned?

3. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the denial of the right to vote do to African Americans?

4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the problems associated with the shift from rural to urban life for African Americans?

5. When Rosa Parks was asked why she did not move from her seat on the bus, what did she answer?

6. What were the three reasons that blacks gave when asked why they did not expect the Montgomery Bus Boycott to succeed?

7. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," why did many black men lose their self-respect?

8. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what two fronts must the African American work on during the period of social change?

9. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were some of the factors that led to a new sense of self-respect on the part of the African American?

10. In Chapter 4: "My Trip To the Land of Gandhi," Martin Luther King, Jr., described his fascination for India. Why did King hold a fascination for India?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the violent acts of the Civil Rights Movement were described without much detail. Explain why the specific details of these acts were left out of the book. Why do these omissions support the overall theme of "I Have A Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World"? How would the inclusion of the details take away from the power of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Martin Luther King, Jr., made it important in his life, and in the Civil Rights Movement, to support all people affected by segregation and racial hate. Dr. King stood up for the African American woman who refused to give up her seat, spoke at the funeral of young girls killed in a church bombing, went to Tennessee to help African Americans fight unfair labor practices, and spoke to thousands of students about the Civil Rights Movement. Describe the importance of inclusion for Dr. King as part of the Civil Rights Movement. Why is inclusion the backbone of the Civil Rights Movement?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Martin Luther King, Jr.'s motivation for participating in the Civil Rights Movement. Why did he find it necessary to take on such a major role in the movement? How did he qualify as the leader of such a movement?

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