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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 does Kennedy want to register in the South?

2. What does the registrar do to John Hardy?

3. Whose phone does Hoover bug in this chapter?

4. What does a restaurant owner set off in Sam Block's face?

5. What was Hartman Turnbow the first Negro to do in Holmes County?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Hoover keep an eye on King in this chapter?

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

5. How does the Albany Movement try to recover its momentum in this chapter?

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

7. Why does King snub Kennedy?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose one of the following and outline King's thoughts on the subject. Use your own ideas to argue whether you think King is right or wrong.

1) Education

2) Non-violent protests

3) Segregation

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the book. Why do you think these themes are so important to the book? How does Branch use character and setting to express his themes?

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