Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Final 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 | Final 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 does a restaurant owner set off in Sam Block's face?
(a) A petrol bomb
(b) A fire hose
(c) A fire extinguisher
(d) A nail bomb

2. What does Bull Connors fire at the church congregation?
(a) Fire guns
(b) Monitor guns
(c) Ray guns
(d) Shot guns

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

4. Where does King write his speech for the Washington march?
(a) A church
(b) The White House
(c) His hotel room
(d) A meadow

5. What is Sam Block arrested for?
(a) Inciting violence
(b) Statements against local officials
(c) Breach of the peace
(d) Assaulting a police officer

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a monitor gun combine the power of?

2. What is Jack O'Dell the director of?

3. Where is Seigenthaler when Kennedy calls him?

4. What is Moses struggling to find in this chapter?

5. Who do the Justice Department tell King has links with Communism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did a hitman prove to be an embarrassment to the government?

2. What deal does King make with Robert Kennedy in this chapter?

3. Why does Hoover want Kennedy to keep away from Frank Sinatra?

4. How do the police prevent the D-Day marches from entering downtown?

5. How does Jesse Jackson cause problems for King after he wins the National Baptist elections?

6. How do the Freedom Riders anger Kennedy in Chapter 12?

7. How does Kennedy create the Voter Education Project?

8. How did Megdar Evans die?

9. How does Moses react to the sheriff attacking him in Chapter 13?

10. How do the Freedom Riders enrage the Albany sheriff?

(see the answer keys)

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