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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. Who was murdered in his driveway on the night that Kennedy mobilized the Alabama National Guard?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Roy Wilkins.
(d) Medgar Evers.

2. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?
(a) October 14.
(b) March 29.
(c) December 20.
(d) June 3.

3. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?
(a) Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
(b) Hands Across America.
(c) National Youths Against Racism.
(d) Crusade for Citizenship.

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

5. King announced planned protests outside of what political event(s)?
(a) State dinner.
(b) Presidential elections.
(c) Republican and Democratic Conventions.
(d) Presidential Inauguration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was discovered to have been sent to Montgomery by a New York organization?

2. Before the March, there were leaks from the FBI claiming that the March was being fueled by whom?

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

4. Who made a speech on the day before the march that upset the White House?

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

(see the answer key)

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