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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. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?
(a) June 3.
(b) December 20.
(c) October 14.
(d) March 29.

2. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?
(a) Established a Civil Rights commission.
(b) Ended bus segregation only.
(c) Dismissed all protest charges.
(d) Ended all segregation.

3. Where did a bomb explode in January?
(a) Birmingham Public Library.
(b) Bethel Baptist Church.
(c) First Methodist Church.
(d) Albany Sheraton Hotel.

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

5. What illnesses did King suffer from in the summer of 1965?
(a) Exhaustion and bronchitis.
(b) Exhaustion and strep throat.
(c) Exhaustion and influenza.
(d) Exhaustion and kidney stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was King's tour called?

2. What was left on King's front porch in January, 1957?

3. CCCO staged a march that ended in how many arrests?

4. What organization was formed in Albany to fight racism?

5. What did Meredith want to encourage with this walk?

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