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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 lead a mall to the courthouse to do?

2. What do Washington officials ban shops from selling before the march?

3. What does King reveal a habit of keeping?

4. What newspaper was the reporter in the church in Mississippi from?

5. Where is Seigenthaler when Kennedy calls him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Albany Movement?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Megdar Evans die?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why did President Kennedy represent great hope for Afro-Americans? How did his death affect the Afro-American community? How do you think things would have been different if President Kennedy had lived?

Essay Topic 3

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

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