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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 a man fracture when he falls over in a scuffle?

2. What did the police bring out when they decided the hoses were not enough?

3. What reason does the sheriff give for shooting the black man?

4. Where do the Civil Rights leaders make their speeches in Washington?

5. Which country's prime minister sends an official protest at the use of fire hoses?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Megdar Evans die?

4. How does Kennedy create the Voter Education Project?

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

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

7. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

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

9. How does the Albany Movement try to recover its momentum 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

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

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

Examine King's upbringing and write 500 words about how his upbringing molded him into the strong and influential leader he became.

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