The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1: Early Years, Chapter 2: Morehouse College

1. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., born?

Atlanta.

2. King grew up in, and later become co-pastor of, what church?

Ebenezer Baptist.

3. What factors regarding King's parents' marriage had a great impact on his religious attitudes?

They did not argue or have a great falling out.

4. In his own life and one of a person who sought to be strong, what was it King advised needed to be combined in one's character?

"Antitheses strongly marked."

5. King described his mother as having been what?

"Soft-spoken and easy-going."

6. What did King describe as the age-old problem faced by his mother and all black parents in America?

Explaining segregation, discrimination to a small child.

7. King described his father as having been what?

"As strong in his will as...in his body."

8. What was it King admired most...
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