Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Final Test - Easy

Taylor Branch
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 109 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Final Test - Easy

Taylor Branch
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Chamber of Congress President in Birmingham want to get rid of?
(a) The police commissioner
(b) The sheriff
(c) The governor
(d) The mayor

2. What does Annell Ponder teach?
(a) Biology
(b) German
(c) Literacy
(d) Maths

3. What celebrity lends his name to a fundraiser in this chapter?
(a) Louis Armstrong
(b) Miles Davis
(c) Dean Martin
(d) Sammy Davis

4. What is Moses struggling to find in this chapter?
(a) Freedom Riders
(b) People to vote
(c) People to pray
(d) People to donate money

5. Who did the hitman share a mistress with?
(a) Edgar Hoover
(b) President Kennedy
(c) Martin Luther King
(d) Robert Kennedy

6. Where does Anderson call a meeting for Albany Movement supporters?
(a) A forest
(b) A town hall
(c) His house
(d) A church

7. What have the authorities closed in Birmingham?
(a) Restaurants
(b) Schools
(c) Universities
(d) City Parks

8. What do Washington officials ban shops from selling before the march?
(a) Liquor
(b) Fireworks
(c) Guns
(d) Medicine

9. What charges do the FBI investigate in this chapter?
(a) Murder
(b) Perjury
(c) Police brutality
(d) Treason

10. What does a man fracture when he falls over in a scuffle?
(a) His leg
(b) His skull
(c) His arm
(d) His collar bone

11. Where is Medgar Evans shot?
(a) A restaurant
(b) His driveway
(c) On a bus
(d) Outside the White House

12. Who does the Judge tell Sam Block to stop working for?
(a) The SAC
(b) The SNCC
(c) The NAACP
(d) The NCP

13. What does a monitor gun combine the power of?
(a) Mustard gas and laughing gas
(b) Tear gas and laughing gas
(c) Mustard gas and two hoses
(d) Three hoses

14. What does Bull Connors fire at the church congregation?
(a) Fire guns
(b) Ray guns
(c) Monitor guns
(d) Shot guns

15. What does King lead a mall to the courthouse to do?
(a) Pray
(b) Demonstrate
(c) Sing
(d) Chant

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a restaurant owner set off in Sam Block's face?

2. Where does Kennedy meet the heads of the Civil Rights groups?

3. Whose house did King go to after a rally in Los Angeles?

4. What was Hartman Turnbow the first Negro to do in Holmes County?

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

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