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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. Why did the sheriff shoot a black man?

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

3. What is C.B King's job?

4. Who warns Moses to get out of the county?

5. What does Hoover use to justify investigating King?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What problems does Moses have in Mississippi?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following people and outline his influence on Martin Luther King's life and ideas.

1) Gandhi

2) Vernon Johns

3) President Kennedy

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why was it the right time to boycott the buses? How did the black community spread the word that they were boycotting the buses? How did the media respond to the bus boycott?

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