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 does a newspaper assign their reporter Tom Johnson to find out?
(a) Corruption in the MIA
(b) King's upbringing
(c) Racism in the police force
(d) The power behind the MIA

2. What member of Farmer's family dies in this chapter?
(a) His daughter
(b) His mother
(c) His father
(d) His son

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

4. What does King tell everyone to avoid as Christmas approaches?
(a) Restaurants
(b) The KKK
(c) Christmas shopping
(d) Parties

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was King given a twelve-month suspended sentence for?

2. What does John Lewis go to the restaurant to eat?

3. What does King organize to help people get to work?

4. What does the Ku Klux Klan burn in front of John's lawn?

5. Who does Robert Kennedy telephone in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does King change Dexter church?

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

4. What does Robert Kennedy declare in his speech in Georgia?

5. How did Reverend Williams benefit from the education provided at Morehouse College?

6. What happens when a girl refuses to move from her seat on the bus?

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

8. How did the movie theaters in Nashville react to people protesting outside?

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

10. How does King's Civil Rights work affect his preaching?

(see the answer keys)

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