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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 King reveal a habit of keeping?

2. Where does Kennedy meet the heads of the Civil Rights groups?

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

4. What reason does the sheriff give for shooting the black man?

5. Who does King think will win the National Baptist Conference elections?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the city respond to the Albany Movement's manifesto?

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

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

7. Why is the Washington march so important to the movement?

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

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

10. What is the Albany Movement?

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

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Branch uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiographical formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can Branch express in an autobiography that he can't in a novel? How does Branch use these limitations to his advantage?

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