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

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 | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what state do the Freedom Riders encounter their first problems?
(a) South Carolina
(b) Georgia
(c) Mississippi
(d) Noth Carolina

3. What does Diane Nash refuse to do?
(a) Pay her fine
(b) Give up her seat
(c) Talk
(d) Leave a restaurant

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

5. What university did Du Bois work at?
(a) New York
(b) Mississippi
(c) Atlanta
(d) Virgina

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Daddy King want Martin Luther King, Jr. to marry?

2. Which of the following countries does Mike King not visit on his trip abroad?

3. Where did King's friend organize a similar boycott?

4. What does John share with the judge?

5. What does King associate pool tables with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the city taxi drivers try to help out the local Negroes?

2. What does Clayton Powell threaten to do if King does not call off plans to picket the Democratic convention?

3. How do sit-ins start to become popular across the country?

4. How does King meet Vice President Nixon?

5. How do the police try to stop the carpool drivers?

6. Why did the girl decide not to take the bus company to the courts?

7. How does King change Dexter church?

8. What surprises King about the Crozer Theological Seminary?

9. What were the differences between the First Baptist Church and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

10. How does the governor of Montgomery react to students trying to get served at the state capitol building lunch counter?

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