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

3. What does Lewis write a list about for protesters?

4. What kind of people did the Dexter Avenue Church attract?

5. Which of the following people does King not choose as an advisor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does King change Dexter church?

3. Describe Vernon's character.

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

5. How does Belafonte prove a good running mate for Kennedy?

6. How did McCall fail the second sermon?

7. How does King find the task of writing a book?

8. How did the city taxi drivers try to help out the local Negroes?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the connotations of the word "nigger."

1) What is its original meaning and what has it come to mean?

2) Why is it now considered so wrong to use?

3) Do you think the word has become too powerful?

Essay Topic 2

How important was King's education? Would the Civil Rights movement have worked without educated leaders? How difficult was it for black people to get an education in America before Civil Rights?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the famous people Branch depicts in the book and examine his or her impact on the Civil Rights Movement.

1) What were his or her beliefs?

2) How did he or she communicate his or her beliefs to the public?

3) What impact did he or she have on the Civil Rights movement?

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