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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27: Watts, Chapter 28: Chicago Campaign.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Montgomery's Police Commissioner instructed taxi drivers not to do what during the bus boycott?
(a) Give blacks discount fares.
(b) Give free rides.
(c) Give blacks rides.
(d) Operate along bus routes.

2. When was NAACP leader Medgar Evans assassinated?
(a) 12 March 1963.
(b) 12 June 1963.
(c) 12 April 1963.
(d) 12 May 1963.

3. What were among the false rumors spread about King?
(a) He gambled, abused alcohol, used drugs.
(b) He purchased a brand-new Cadillac, Buick.
(c) He accepted donations he used for himself.
(d) He frequented nightclubs, strip joints.

4. On 25 October 1960, King's case was dropped for a sit-in a week prior, but he was taken to the state prison for violating probation of what?
(a) A previous unauthorized demonstration offense.
(b) A previous traffic offense.
(c) A previous concealed weapon offense.
(d) A previous parking offense.

5. In addition to King, how many people were indicted in Montgomery on antiboycott charges in February, 1956?
(a) About 50.
(b) Over 100.
(c) About 25.
(d) About 75.

Short Answer Questions

1. King called the bus company manager the day the order arrived and requested service be resumed the next day, and got what response?

2. What did King note came out in the New York Times about his injury?

3. People arrived from how many other countries around the world to welcome this new nation in Africa?

4. Which social philosopher did King stipulate left an indelible imprint on his thinking?

5. King was arrested on 12 April 1963 for violation of an injunction against protesting by which Court?

(see the answer key)

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