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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Chicago and the 'War on Slums', 1965-1966.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As King went to register at a local hotel, who attacked him?
(a) A Nazi.
(b) An old white woman.
(c) The hotel owner.
(d) A KKK member.

2. How many people were arrested at the trial for the arrested SNCC train riders?
(a) 150.
(b) 50.
(c) 400.
(d) 5000.

3. In Selma, King was suffering from what?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Measles.

4. What presidency did King turn down due to church and family responsibilities?
(a) The local Masons chapter.
(b) The local ACLU chapter.
(c) The local NAACP chapter.
(d) The local Elks chapter.

5. Robert Kennedy got a federal injunction against which group to keep them from harassing the bus riders?
(a) The KKK.
(b) The SCLC.
(c) The Masons.
(d) The Nazi Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was to lead the march in Selma?

2. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?

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

4. On February 1, 1960, how many students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro?

5. How many protesters were arrested during the first day of the Birmingham protests?

(see the answer key)

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