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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 is C.B King's job?

2. What do Kennedy and the heads of the Civil Rights groups create in New York?

3. What does the judge charge the sheriff with?

4. Why did the sheriff shoot a black man?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does King snub Kennedy?

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

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

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

6. What changes does Megdar Evans try to implement in Jackson, Mississippi?

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

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

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

10. How did Megdar Evans die?

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

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 3

Examine Branch's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Branch's style give to his story?

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