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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. Sherrod and Reagon moved their base of operations to which city?
(a) Selma.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Albany.

2. Where did the marchers return to in order to have a meeting to outline the march?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Memphis.
(d) St. Louis.

3. Which group was striking in Memphis?
(a) School teachers.
(b) College students at Memphis State University.
(c) Black bus drivers.
(d) Black sanitation workers.

4. King's sentence was suspended on what condition?
(a) He remain out of trouble.
(b) He stop all protests in the US.
(c) He meet with the Kennedy Adminstration.
(d) He leave Birmingham.

5. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Rocco Siciliano.
(c) Bayard Rustin.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. King blamed the riots on what cause?

2. Who released a statement supporting the SCLC's work in Selma?

3. What tragedy happened before the march to Montgomery?

4. What did Connor use on the protesters?

5. In Chicago, the movement included nine points in their demand about what?

(see the answer key)

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