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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. Which writer does Robert Kennedy enlist the help of?
(a) James Ellroy
(b) Richard Wright
(c) Leonard Cohen
(d) James Baldwin

2. Which comedian join the marches in Greenwood?
(a) Dick Gregory
(b) Lenny Bruce
(c) Bill Crosby
(d) Richard Pryor

3. Who does King think will win the National Baptist Conference elections?
(a) Mike King
(b) Vernon Johns
(c) Jesse Jackson
(d) James Taylor

4. What does Kennedy want the Freedom Riders to do?
(a) Take trains
(b) Stop
(c) Sing the national anthem
(d) Carry guns

5. Where is Seigenthaler when Kennedy calls him?
(a) Work
(b) Jail
(c) Hospital
(d) Church

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Kennedy and the heads of the Civil Rights groups create in New York?

2. What does A New Orleans newspaper accuse O'Dell of being a member of?

3. Why did the sheriff shoot a black man?

4. Who does Hoover warn Kennedy to stay away from?

5. What have the authorities closed in Birmingham?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Megdar Evans die?

3. What changes does Megdar Evans try to implement in Jackson, Mississippi?

4. What does the New Orleans article accuse O'Dell of?

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

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

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

8. Why did King write letters from the Birmingham Jail?

9. Why does Moses file a federal suit against Robert Kennedy and Hoover?

10. What is the Albany Movement?

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