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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Birmingham and the March on Washington, 1963.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?
(a) October 14.
(b) June 3.
(c) December 20.
(d) March 29.

2. In February 1959, King and his wife traveled to see sites made famous by whom?
(a) King Tut.
(b) Ghandi.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Genghis Khan.

3. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?
(a) Ended all segregation.
(b) Established a Civil Rights commission.
(c) Ended bus segregation only.
(d) Dismissed all protest charges.

4. Where was King when a grand jury began handing out indictments against MIA leaders for breaking laws against unlawful boycotts?
(a) Denver.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Fransisco.

5. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?
(a) He spent some of the money they had planned on using.
(b) He did not want to serve on their advisory panel.
(c) He failed to mention them in a speech in Washington DC.
(d) He refused to go along with them, citing his probation problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the NAACP tell its members?

2. King was invited to be a guest on which program?

3. What was not included in the boycotts in Albany?

4. King's father and grandfather were involved in what profession?

5. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?

(see the answer key)

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