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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Martin Luther King, Jr., when Gandhi was assassinated?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

2. With whom from the NAACP did Dr. King argue regarding non-violent movement against racism?
(a) Jonathon Sweenton.
(b) Robert Williams.
(c) Michael Winds.
(d) Richard Kingston.

3. What president ordered federal marshals dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Richard Nixon.

4. Where did Dr. King attend college during his undergraduate studies?
(a) Rollins College.
(b) Rhodes College.
(c) Morehouse College.
(d) Birmingham-Southern College.

5. On what date did the head of the Nation of Islam call upon African Americans to form a state of their own?
(a) December 5, 1960.
(b) July 4, 1960.
(c) January 1, 1960.
(d) July 31, 1960.

6. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?
(a) Refusal to move.
(b) Call to removal of ignorance.
(c) Testing the system.
(d) Sit-ins.

7. How many students were expelled on March 2, 1960, by the Alabama Board of Education?
(a) 94.
(b) 36.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

8. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Wilson.

9. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was punched.
(c) He was stabbed.
(d) He was verbally assaulted.

10. What was the name of the man whose daughter was the focus behind the Brown vs. Board (1954) court case?
(a) Stuart O. Brown.
(b) Charles M. Brown.
(c) Dr. Kenneth K. Brown.
(d) Reverend Oliver Brown.

11. What major movement followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Sit-In Movement?
(a) March on Washington.
(b) Freedom Ride.
(c) Freedom Summer.
(d) Black Panther Movement.

12. Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?
(a) Melba Patillo Beals.
(b) Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.

13. On what date did Dr. King submit his resignation as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) April 19, 1957.
(b) December 5, 1955.
(c) November 29, 1959.
(d) October 19, 1958.

14. Who was the head of the Nation of Islam in 1960?
(a) Louis Farrakhan.
(b) Malik Zulu Shabazz.
(c) Qubilah Shabazz.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

15. What does NUL stand for?
(a) Necessary Under Law.
(b) National Uniform League.
(c) National Urban League.
(d) Ninth Unity League.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?

2. What year was Mohandas Gandhi assassinated?

3. What Democratic presidential candidate was running against Richard Nixon in 1960?

4. What laws did African American interstate travelers ignore during their public transportation across state lines?

5. Where were the lunch counter sit-ins conducted on August 19 by the NAACP?

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