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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. King was accused of what by the state of Alabama?
(a) A hit and run accident.
(b) Perjury for lying on a state tax return.
(c) Unlawful mob action.
(d) Stealing from the SCLC.

2. How long was King sentenced to jail for violating his probation?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 5 years.

3. King was stabbed while in which city?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Selma.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

4. King wanted the Birmingham protests to start after what?
(a) The new year.
(b) The March on Washington.
(c) The elections.
(d) The opening of a new department store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did King feel about his meeting with President Johnson?

2. In 1964, King learned that he had won what?

3. Where was King when a grand jury began handing out indictments against MIA leaders for breaking laws against unlawful boycotts?

4. Why were SNCC members upset with King?

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

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