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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 did Truman desegregate in the Forties?

2. What kind of people did the Dexter Avenue Church attract?

3. Who does John Kennedy offer his support to in this chapter?

4. What do both candidates think will be the major issue in their presidential campaign?

5. Who has dinner with the Freedom Riders when they arrive in Atlanta?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the movie theaters in Nashville react to people protesting outside?

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

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

5. Why is Robert Kennedy furious that his brother contacts Coretta King?

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

7. How does King change Dexter church?

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

9. What does Clayton Powell threaten to do if King does not call off plans to picket the Democratic convention?

10. How does King meet Vice President Nixon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why have the police been accused of racism in the past? Have the police shown a similar attitude to poor people and minorities in general or has their attitude been particularly bad towards the blacks? How have the police force tried to combat racism?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the values of 1960s America.

1) Why did Afro-American politics come to the fore during this time ?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does today's society share any values with 1960s America?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Branch uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

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