View a FREE sample

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. Who was murdered in his driveway on the night that Kennedy mobilized the Alabama National Guard?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Roy Wilkins.

2. At the meeting with Kennedy, the President told King to distance himself from whom?
(a) Abernathy.
(b) Parks.
(c) Levison.
(d) Wilkins.

3. What was King's biggest concern about the murder?
(a) SNCC would fall into a decline.
(b) The voter registration bill would not pass.
(c) That the culprit would not be caught.
(d) The escalating violence against Civil Rights advocates.

4. King was stabbed while in which city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Selma.

5. Why did Rustin resign?
(a) He was angry with King about the direction of the SCLC.
(b) He was recovering from stab wounds after a woman attacked him.
(c) Rustin was caught at a communist meeting.
(d) Clayton threatened to say that Rustin and King were lovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The SCLC teamed up with what organization to train students to teach citizenship schools?

2. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?

3. Where did King and his family move to?

4. What organization was formed in Albany to fight racism?

5. When King was placed in isolation, who did Wyatt Walker ask for help?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 270 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample