Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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 | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Taylor Branch
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the American President in this chapter?
(a) Ford
(b) Eisenhower
(c) Kennedy
(d) Nixon

2. What does John Lewis go to the restaurant to eat?
(a) Steaks
(b) Fired chicken
(c) Hamburgers
(d) Boiled chicken

3. Who was Dexter's preacher after Johns?
(a) Martin Luther King
(b) Elmore Leonard
(c) Mike King
(d) Malcolm X

4. What do the Nashville police threaten to arrest all protesters for?
(a) Trespassing
(b) Breaking and entering
(c) Breach of the peace
(d) Loitering

5. Where do students march to in Nashville?
(a) The city clock
(b) The city hall
(c) The main bus depot
(d) The main train station

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the preacher who caused a scandal in 1946?

2. What did a group of Negroes form in 1877?

3. What do the police convict Rosa Parks of?

4. Who does Rockefeller name Morehouse College after?

5. What does the Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary change their name to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does King prove himself innocent of the tax charges?

2. Why is the phone call Robert Kennedy makes to a judge potentially dangerous to his career?

3. Describe how the Dialectical Society King starts at Boston College.

4. What surprises King about the Crozer Theological Seminary?

5. How do sit-ins start to become popular across the country?

6. What happens when a girl refuses to move from her seat on the bus?

7. Describe Vernon's character.

8. How does King find the task of writing a book?

9. How does King's Civil Rights work affect his preaching?

10. How does Belafonte prove a good running mate for Kennedy?

(see the answer keys)

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