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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 does King reveal a habit of keeping?

3. Why did the sheriff shoot a black man?

4. Who does Moses use his one phone call to call?

5. Why did Hoover and Kennedy never get along?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Kennedy create the Voter Education Project?

7. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

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

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

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

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

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?

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