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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Meredith March, 'Black Power', and the Chicago Open-Housing Protests, 1966.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did a riot break out?
(a) Whites attacked several blacks on the way to church.
(b) The city went back on its agreement.
(c) The state troopers had moved from the site of the bombings.
(d) The bombs killed 35 people.

2. Who approved several wiretaps on King's personal phone lines?
(a) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) J. Edgar Hoover.

3. At the meeting with Kennedy, the President told King to distance himself from whom?
(a) Parks.
(b) Levison.
(c) Abernathy.
(d) Wilkins.

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

5. Why did the Chicago Freedom Movement begin to lose momentum?
(a) The lack of an attainable goal.
(b) The lack of funds.
(c) The lack of a leader.
(d) Demonstrator arrests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tragedy happened before the march to Montgomery?

2. Where did King hold a prayer-in?

3. Who was asked to vacate her seat on a city bus for a white passenger?

4. The SCLC teamed up with what organization to train students to teach citizenship schools?

5. Where did the marchers return to in order to have a meeting to outline the march?

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