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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. Why did Moses drop out of graduate school?

2. What does the black driver do when a black girl refuses to give up her seat for a white person?

3. What was Levison's job?

4. What did the manager turn on with Lewis and Bevel locked inside the restaurant?

5. What did a group of Negroes form in 1867?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Robert Kennedy furious that his brother contacts Coretta King?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Vernon's character.

7. How does King arrange to transport the Negroes to and from work?

8. How does King prove himself innocent of the tax charges?

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

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

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 2

Examine Branch's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Branch's style give to his story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine how they helped to bridge the racial gap.

1) Freedom Riders.

2) Sit-ins

3) President Kennedy.

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