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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. What tragedy happened before the march to Montgomery?
(a) A volunteer was killed by KKK members.
(b) Abernathy was stabbed by a white woman.
(c) Congress voted down the Civil Rights Act.
(d) The King house was bombed.

2. Where did a bomb explode in January?
(a) Birmingham Public Library.
(b) First Methodist Church.
(c) Albany Sheraton Hotel.
(d) Bethel Baptist Church.

3. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?
(a) Rustin.
(b) Wilkins.
(c) Grant.
(d) Abernathy.

4. How many people were arrested at the trial for the arrested SNCC train riders?
(a) 150.
(b) 50.
(c) 400.
(d) 5000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In February 1959, King and his wife traveled to see sites made famous by whom?

2. Why did Rustin resign?

3. Who was to lead the march in Selma?

4. How long was King sentenced to jail for violating his probation?

5. Who paid King and Abernathy's fine?

(see the answer key)

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