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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Selma and the Voting Rights Act, 1965.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King wanted the Birmingham protests to start after what?
(a) The March on Washington.
(b) The opening of a new department store.
(c) The new year.
(d) The elections.

2. King was accused of what by the state of Alabama?
(a) Perjury for lying on a state tax return.
(b) A hit and run accident.
(c) Stealing from the SCLC.
(d) Unlawful mob action.

3. Several of the Albany leaders were charged with what?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Murder.
(d) Perjury.

4. What compromise in Selma was King criticized for?
(a) Stopping the march until a settlement could be reached.
(b) Going on to Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(c) Turning around and returning to Brown Chapel.
(d) Not attending the march to the bridge.

5. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?
(a) Dexter.
(b) Ruskin.
(c) Levison.
(d) Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country did King attend the independence ceremonies in?

2. What did Connor use on the protesters?

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

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

5. As King went to register at a local hotel, who attacked him?

(see the answer key)

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