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

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Final 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 charges do the FBI investigate in this chapter?
(a) Treason
(b) Perjury
(c) Police brutality
(d) Murder

2. Which country's prime minister sends an official protest at the use of fire hoses?
(a) Britain
(b) Switerland
(c) Japan
(d) Uganda

3. What does a man fracture when he falls over in a scuffle?
(a) His skull
(b) His leg
(c) His arm
(d) His collar bone

4. Who does the Chamber of Congress President in Birmingham want to get rid of?
(a) The governor
(b) The police commissioner
(c) The sheriff
(d) The mayor

5. What does King ask people to do for those Negroes who have yet to learn the non-violent ways?
(a) Sing
(b) Donate money
(c) Donate food
(d) Pray

6. Who does King complain to about police brutality?
(a) The Justice Department
(b) President Kennedy
(c) The Police Department
(d) The CIA

7. What was Guy Carawan arrested for trying to enter?
(a) The White House
(b) A church
(c) Congress
(d) A town hall

8. What takes place in October of 1962?
(a) The Cuban Missile Crisis
(b) Presidential Elections
(c) The Los Angeles Riots
(d) The Harlem Riots

9. Where is Medgar Evans shot?
(a) Outside the White House
(b) On a bus
(c) A restaurant
(d) His driveway

10. What does the SNCC organize a fundraiser to buy?
(a) Clothes
(b) Coffee
(c) Cigarettes
(d) Food

11. Which writer does Robert Kennedy enlist the help of?
(a) James Ellroy
(b) James Baldwin
(c) Richard Wright
(d) Leonard Cohen

12. Who do demonstrators kill outside the Lyceum?
(a) A Federal marshall
(b) Meredith
(c) A reporter
(d) An FBI agent

13. Why did the sheriff shoot a black man?
(a) For flirting with a Negro mistress
(b) For drinking on the streets
(c) For swearing at him
(d) For flirting with a white prostitute

14. What is the name of King's lawyer?
(a) Paul Loretti
(b) James Evans
(c) Hunter Davis
(d) David Regan

15. At what college does King take a temporary position?
(a) Georgia
(b) Mississippi
(c) Princeton
(d) Morehouse

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hoover and Kennedy never get along?

2. What have the authorities closed in Birmingham?

3. What did the police bring out when they decided the hoses were not enough?

4. What is Sam Block arrested for?

5. What is Slater King's job?

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