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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 does the city council approve in an attempt to improve the bus company's financial troubles?

2. What does King offer to Wyatt Tee Walker?

3. What will the Democrats label King as if he does not call off plans to picket the Democratic Convention?

4. What do organizers call the march on Washington?

5. What does the Ku Klux Klan burn in front of John's lawn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the girl decide not to take the bus company to the courts?

2. How did Reverend Williams benefit from the education provided at Morehouse College?

3. How did the Rockefellers become involved with the Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary?

4. How did the First Baptist Church of Montgomery and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church form?

5. How do the police try to stop the carpool drivers?

6. What does King begin to understand about his faith?

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

8. How did Johns cause problems for the Dexter Avenue Church?

9. How did Mike King improve himself so he could date Alberta Williams?

10. What happens to John Lewis when he tries to order hamburgers at a bar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the book. Why do you think these themes are so important to the book? How does Branch use character and setting to express his themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine racism in America. How much has it changed since the Civil Rights Movement? How much do the students think Martin Luther King was responsible for that change? In what forms does racism still exist in America today?

Essay Topic 3

How do King's Christian beliefs influence his approach to fighting racism? Why did people think that King's approach was direct enough?

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