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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. Who was chosen as the organizational president?
(a) Ralph D. Abernathy.
(b) E.D. Nixon.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Jo Ann Robinson.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fine did King receive in the state boycott trial?

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

3. Why was the first meeting about the bus boycott somewhat disastrous?

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

5. King was stabbed while in which city?

(see the answer key)

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