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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Poor People's Campaign and Memphis, 1967-1968.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of SNCC's leaders was arrested in Atlanta on what charge?
(a) Breaking into police headquarters.
(b) Instigating a riot.
(c) Killing a police officer.
(d) Robbing a bank.

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

3. At the SCLC convention, King suggested which city as the next one for protests?
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Danville.
(d) New Orleans.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to King at a book signing in New York?

2. The judge ruled that the march to Montgomery had to have less than what number of marchers?

3. Who rejected the idea that potential voters should sign a book so they could be received in order?

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

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

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