Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Johns begin to sell on the streets?
(a) Fruits and vegetables
(b) Clothes
(c) Lemonade
(d) Bibles

2. What did Johns like to talk about in his sermons?
(a) Africa
(b) Racial discrimination
(c) Baseball
(d) World War II

3. What was Williams' father's job?
(a) Coal miner
(b) Reverend
(c) Shopkeeper
(d) Cook

4. What grade does Mike have to start in a high school?
(a) Second grade
(b) Sixth grade
(c) First grade
(d) Fifth grade

5. What political party is Levison a member of?
(a) KKK
(b) Repubilicans
(c) Labor
(d) Communist

6. In what state does Robert Kennedy make a speech in this chapter?
(a) North Carolina
(b) New York
(c) Georgia
(d) South Carolina

7. What does King associate pool tables with?
(a) White people
(b) Racism
(c) Low behavior
(d) Rich people

8. What is King asked to write a book about?
(a) The Montgomery Bus Boycott
(b) His life
(c) Ghana
(d) The Old Testament

9. What does King tell everyone to avoid as Christmas approaches?
(a) Christmas shopping
(b) Restaurants
(c) Parties
(d) The KKK

10. Whose vote does Robert Kennedy worry his brother is losing?
(a) Women
(b) Working class men
(c) Southern blacks
(d) Southern whites

11. Where is Juanita Sellers from?
(a) Atlanta
(b) New Orleans
(c) Chicago
(d) New York

12. What did King have to work on as well as working on church business?
(a) A series of paintings
(b) A novel
(c) His dissertation
(d) His autobiography

13. Who is the candidate for the Republicans in the 1960 presidential election?
(a) Robert Kennedy
(b) Gerald Ford
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) Lyndon Johnson

14. What does the city council approve in an attempt to improve the bus company's financial troubles?
(a) Less buses
(b) Equality of seating
(c) A fare increase
(d) Christmas shopping buses

15. Why does Robert Kennedy begin to shy away from King?
(a) To protect his family
(b) To perserve his brother's presidency
(c) To preserve his reputation
(d) To win southern white votes

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the governor of Arkansas?

2. What does the Ku Klux Klan burn in front of John's lawn?

3. Which of the following people does King not choose as an advisor?

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

5. What member of Farmer's family dies in this chapter?

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