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 do the Alabama police charge King with?
(a) Murder
(b) Perjury
(c) Tax evasion
(d) Speeding

2. What did a group of Negroes form in 1867?
(a) SNCC
(b) The first Baptist Church
(c) The First Baptist Church of Montgomery
(d) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

3. What do organizers call the march on Washington?
(a) March of the Kings
(b) Prayer Pilgrimage
(c) Freedom March
(d) Revolution Road

4. 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) Beats her up
(c) Phones the police
(d) Throws her off the bus

5. What do the police convict Rosa Parks of?
(a) Dealing drugs
(b) Drinking in a public place
(c) Promoting Communism
(d) Breaking segregation laws

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the girl unsuitable for public scrutiny?

3. What does John share with the judge?

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

5. What is King asked to write a book about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to John Lewis when he tries to order hamburgers at a bar?

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

3. How does King meet Vice President Nixon?

4. What happens to the Freedom Rider's Greyhound bus in Chapter 11?

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

6. How did Johns cause problems for the Dexter Avenue Church?

7. Describe Vernon's character.

8. How did the Rockefellers become involved with the Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary?

9. How did Rockefeller change the school?

10. How did the First Baptist Church of Montgomery and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church form?

(see the answer keys)

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