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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) Ghandi.
(b) Genghis Khan.
(c) King Tut.
(d) Churchill.

2. King was arrested when he tried to attend the trial of whose assailant?
(a) Lewis.
(b) His own.
(c) Rustin.
(d) Abernathy.

3. Who was asked to vacate her seat on a city bus for a white passenger?
(a) Betty Shabazz.
(b) Fannie Lou Hamer.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Abigail Jenson.

4. What was left on King's front porch in January, 1957?
(a) Hate mail.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) A dead rabbit.
(d) A lawsuit over the boycott.

5. King announced that the Crusade for Citizenship would hold how many rallies simultaneously?
(a) 50.
(b) 5.
(c) 100.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. King was stabbed while in which city?

2. King's father and grandfather were involved in what profession?

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

4. What SCLC program was to reach out more readily to the public?

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

(see the answer key)

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