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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 celebrity lends his name to a fundraiser in this chapter?

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

3. Whose house did King go to after a rally in Los Angeles?

4. Who do demonstrators kill outside the Lyceum?

5. What is Jack O'Dell the director of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do the police prevent the D-Day marches from entering downtown?

7. How did Megdar Evans die?

8. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

9. Why does King snub Kennedy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the demonstrations Branch describes in the book and examine how impact this event had on the Civil Rights Movements as a whole. What was the public's initial reaction to the demonstration? What media attention did it receive?

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

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?

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