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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Alabama police charge King with?

2. Whose philosophy does Harris Wofford follow?

3. What did Truman desegregate in the Forties?

4. Where is Ralph Abernathy the pastor?

5. What does King associate pool tables with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does King disappoint his father in this chapter?

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

3. What surprises King about the Crozer Theological Seminary?

4. How did Mike King improve himself so he could date Alberta Williams?

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

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

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

8. How does King meet Vice President Nixon?

9. Why did the girl decide not to take the bus company to the courts?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine racism in America. How much has it changed since the Civil Rights Movement? How much do the students think Martin Luther King was responsible for that change? In what forms does racism still exist in America today?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the values of 1960s America.

1) Why did Afro-American politics come to the fore during this time ?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does today's society share any values with 1960s America?

Essay Topic 3

Why have the police been accused of racism in the past? Have the police shown a similar attitude to poor people and minorities in general or has their attitude been particularly bad towards the blacks? How have the police force tried to combat racism?

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