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
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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 country does Betty's family come from?
(a) Britain
(b) Romania
(c) France
(d) Germany

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King associate pool tables with?

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

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

4. Why did Moses drop out of graduate school?

5. In whose yard does a bomb explode in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does King begin to understand about his faith?

2. How does King counteract Clayton Powell's threat?

3. What dilemma did King's relationship with Betty pose?

4. How does King change Dexter church?

5. Describe how the Dialectical Society King starts at Boston College.

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

7. Why is Robert Kennedy furious that his brother contacts Coretta King?

8. How does King prove himself innocent of the tax charges?

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

10. How does King meet Vice President Nixon?

(see the answer keys)

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