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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. King's father and grandfather were involved in what profession?
(a) Preachers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Lawyers.

2. Why was the first meeting about the bus boycott somewhat disastrous?
(a) The police who showed up to arrest King.
(b) The bomb that was found.
(c) The ego of the leaders.
(d) The small number of people who attended.

3. In what state was the governor fighting integration of a high school?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Oklahoma.

4. Who filed a federal court case that would challenge bus segregation head-on?
(a) Fred Gray.
(b) Robert Graetz.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Rosa Parks.

5. Which organization was formed to oversee the boycott and legal maneuvering?
(a) Savannah Civil Rights Campaign.
(b) Atlanta Race Initiative.
(c) Memphis Equality Association.
(d) Montgomery Improvement Association.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?

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

3. Who did King visit with in New York about the Washington Pilgrimage?

4. King was arrested when he tried to attend the trial of whose assailant?

5. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?

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