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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 ask people to do for those Negroes who have yet to learn the non-violent ways?

2. What do the police use on the students to keep them out of the downtown area?

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

4. Who does King claim sanctioned segregation?

5. Which writer does Robert Kennedy enlist the help of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Megdar Evans die?

9. Why does King snub Kennedy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do King's Christian beliefs influence his approach to fighting racism? Why did people think that King's approach was direct enough?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Martin Luther King and President Kennedy.

1) In what ways are their ideas different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) How can they work together to combat racism?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following people and outline his influence on Martin Luther King's life and ideas.

1) Gandhi

2) Vernon Johns

3) President Kennedy

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