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

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did James B. Pritchard teach?
(a) The New Testament
(b) Negro literature
(c) Biology
(d) The Old Testament

2. Where is Ralph Abernathy the pastor?
(a) Ebenezer
(b) The Second Baptist
(c) The First Baptist
(d) Dexter

3. What do organizers name the boycott organization?
(a) PTT
(b) NGG
(c) FCI
(d) MIA

4. Who takes over the running of the carpool?
(a) Rufus Lewis
(b) Jack O'Dell
(c) Vernon Johns
(d) Bob Moses

5. What church does Reverend A.D. Williams take over?
(a) Frederick Douglas
(b) Abraham
(c) Ebenezer
(d) Dexter

6. Where do King and his supporters march to in Los Angeles?
(a) Universal studios
(b) The Sports Arena
(c) MGM studios
(d) The City Hall

7. What driving offense do the police arrest King for?
(a) Traffic violation
(b) Worn out tires
(c) Speeding
(d) Worn out windshield wipers

8. Where did King's four friends go on trial?
(a) Jackson
(b) New York City
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Montgomery

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

10. What did the manager turn on with Lewis and Bevel locked inside the restaurant?
(a) The air conditioning
(b) The television
(c) The lights
(d) The fumigation machine

11. What does Jo Ann Robinson teach at Alabama?
(a) Biology
(b) English
(c) History
(d) French

12. What member of Farmer's family dies in this chapter?
(a) His daughter
(b) His son
(c) His father
(d) His mother

13. What does a mob throw through the back window of a bus?
(a) A grenade
(b) A brick
(c) A fire bomb
(d) A nail bomb

14. What African country does King fly to?
(a) Zimbabwe
(b) Ghana
(c) Zaire
(d) Nigeria

15. What do the Nashville police threaten to arrest all protesters for?
(a) Loitering
(b) Breaking and entering
(c) Trespassing
(d) Breach of the peace

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the club King organizes at Boston?

2. Who is the candidate for the Republicans in the 1960 presidential election?

3. Why did Moses drop out of graduate school?

4. What does John Lewis go to the restaurant to eat?

5. What did Johns begin to sell on the streets?

(see the answer keys)

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