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

2. Who called the judge on the trial and suggested that King had a right to bond while waiting his appeal?
(a) Coretta King.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Malcolm X.

3. Who paid King and Abernathy's fine?
(a) A well-dressed black man.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) A group of students.
(d) The mayor of Albany.

4. Why did a riot break out?
(a) Whites attacked several blacks on the way to church.
(b) The city went back on its agreement.
(c) The bombs killed 35 people.
(d) The state troopers had moved from the site of the bombings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was murdered in his driveway on the night that Kennedy mobilized the Alabama National Guard?

2. What did Connor use on the protesters?

3. What did the NAACP tell its members?

4. King's sentence was suspended on what condition?

5. Who took King's place as the president of MIA?

(see the answer key)

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