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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. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?
(a) A judge ordered the continuation of the boycott.
(b) The city refused to compromise.
(c) The bus company prefered to go out of business.
(d) The Albany Movement wanted to crush the bus company.

2. The Crusade for Citizenship was focused on what?
(a) Bus desegregation.
(b) School desegregation.
(c) A civil rights bill.
(d) Voter registration.

3. King's sentence was suspended on what condition?
(a) He meet with the Kennedy Adminstration.
(b) He remain out of trouble.
(c) He stop all protests in the US.
(d) He leave Birmingham.

4. Sherrod and Reagon moved their base of operations to which city?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Albany.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Selma.

5. The white merchants resisted what aim?
(a) The formation of a biracial committee.
(b) Having fair hiring practices in the retail stores.
(c) Desegregating the city government.
(d) Desegregating the retail stores.

Short Answer Questions

1. King was warned of an attempt on his life during a visit to where?

2. King planned a march to which city?

3. What was King's tour called?

4. What compromise in Selma was King criticized for?

5. What tragedy happened before the march to Montgomery?

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