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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Birmingham and the March on Washington, 1963.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what newspaper was an ad taken out to defend MLK, Jr.?
(a) The Atlanta Gazette.
(b) The Chicago Defender.
(c) The Alabama Reporter.
(d) The New York Times.

2. Who took King's place as the president of MIA?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Abernathy.
(c) Baker.
(d) Levison.

3. Who did King visit with in New York about the Washington Pilgrimage?
(a) Michael du Bois.
(b) Wayne Brown.
(c) Andrew Joyce.
(d) Roy Wilkins.

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

5. What organization removed King from office?
(a) SCLC.
(b) NAACP.
(c) SNCC.
(d) National Baptist Convention.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?

2. Why was their a rivalry between SNCC and the NAACP?

3. The bus boycott took away what percentage of bus riders?

4. When King was pulled over while driving, what did he not have?

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

(see the answer key)

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