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 organization does King join in this chapter?
(a) SNP
(b) SCCP
(c) KKK
(d) NAACP

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

3. What does King organize to help people get to work?
(a) A carpool
(b) A freedom bus
(c) Freedom trains
(d) Horse and carts

4. Where did King and Coretta marry?
(a) At Boston College
(b) At King's parents home
(c) At Dexter Baptist Church
(d) At Coretta's parents' home

5. Where do students march to in Nashville?
(a) The city hall
(b) The main train station
(c) The city clock
(d) The main bus depot

6. What does the black driver do when a black girl refuses to give up her seat for a white person?
(a) Threatens her with a gun
(b) Phones the police
(c) Beats her up
(d) Throws her off the bus

7. Where does Faubus fly to to talk to Eisenhower?
(a) Hawaii
(b) Rhode Island
(c) Isle of Man
(d) Alaska

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

9. What did the Dexter Avenue Church find it difficult to find?
(a) A church
(b) A congregation
(c) Funding
(d) Suitable preachers

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

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

12. Why is there a riot at the University of Alabama?
(a) The University hires a Negro teacher
(b) The KKK bomb a classroom
(c) A Negro woman tries to enroll
(d) Martin Luther King Jr. gives a speech on campus

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

14. What kind of army does King build?
(a) A guerilla army
(b) A terrorist army
(c) A non-violent army
(d) A violent army

15. Who has dinner with the Freedom Riders when they arrive in Atlanta?
(a) Robert Kennedy
(b) Mike King
(c) Malcolm X
(d) Martin Luther King

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did King's four friends go on trial?

2. What does King study in his father's house in this chapter?

3. Where is Ralph Abernathy the pastor?

4. What kind of people did the Dexter Avenue Church attract?

5. What African country does King fly to?

(see the answer keys)

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