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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. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?
(a) Sports Illustrated.
(b) GQ.
(c) Time.
(d) Good Housekeeping.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did King marry?

2. Where did King and his family move to?

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

4. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?

5. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of what church?

(see the answer key)

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