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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Birth of the SCLC, 1957-1959.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In February 1959, King and his wife traveled to see sites made famous by whom?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Ghandi.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) King Tut.

2. What was one of the demands that MIA made of the city?
(a) Buses should be reserved for blacks only.
(b) The bus company should hire black drivers too.
(c) White passengers should have to stand when blacks were present.
(d) The buses should be filled front to back for blacks.

3. Who was the most important person in King's life as a child?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

4. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of what church?
(a) North Atlanta Congregational Church.
(b) St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church.
(c) Grace Lutheran Church.
(d) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.

5. What happened to King at a book signing in New York?
(a) He received the Nobel Peace Prize.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) The store was bombed..
(d) He met the President.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who filed a federal court case that would challenge bus segregation head-on?

2. Where was King when a grand jury began handing out indictments against MIA leaders for breaking laws against unlawful boycotts?

3. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?

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

5. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?

(see the answer key)

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