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

2. Who does King complain to about police brutality?

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

4. In what city does King gather thousands of dollars of donations?

5. What does the registrar do to John Hardy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

8. How did Megdar Evans die?

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

10. How do Birmingham's white businessmen respond to the riots?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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