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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Less than a week after the Youth March for Integrated Schools, a black youth was lynched. What was the name of this black youth?
(a) Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
(b) Ernest Green.
(c) Mack Parker.
(d) Marcus Garvey.

2. What two cities had riots erupt on July 18, 1964?
(a) Dallas and St. Louis.
(b) New York City and Charleston.
(c) Memphis and Birmingham.
(d) Harlem and Brooklyn.

3. What year was considered a momentous year in American history and in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1965.

4. When associated with the Civil Rights Movement, what did demonstrators consider their arrests?
(a) Marks of honor.
(b) Unnecessary retaliation.
(c) Badges.
(d) Proof of commitment.

5. What did Dr. King plead with Americans not to default upon during his "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) Completeness of pride and honor towards their nation.
(b) Promise to form a better nation.
(c) Promise to move forward with equality.
(d) Indebtedness to the spirit and principle of democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?

2. On what date was interstate traveling first challenged by an African American?

3. Who was the head of the Nation of Islam in 1960?

4. On what date was the church bombed that killed the little girls where Dr. King delivered the funeral sermon?

5. Who went with Dr. and Mrs. King to India during their stay from February 2 to March 10, 1959?

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