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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 a man fracture when he falls over in a scuffle?

2. Where does King write his speech for the Washington march?

3. What did the police bring out when they decided the hoses were not enough?

4. Who did the hitman share a mistress with?

5. What is Sam Block arrested for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does King make with Robert Kennedy in this chapter?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Kennedy create the Voter Education Project?

7. Why does Hoover want Kennedy to keep away from Frank Sinatra?

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

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

10. How did Megdar Evans die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the Civil Rights Movement improve life for Afro-Americans? What was life like for Afro-Americans before the Civil Rights Movement?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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