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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. Who heckled King during his speech?
(a) NAACP.
(b) SCLC.
(c) SNCC.
(d) CCCO.

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

3. Bevel convinced King that the focus in Chicago should shift from segregation to what?
(a) Economic disadvantages of the black community.
(b) Hiring practices.
(c) Welfare in the black neighborhoods.
(d) Sexism in the city offices.

4. How many girls were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who urged King to run for president?

2. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?

3. Who did King marry?

4. What was added to the activities in Chicago?

5. Which organization was formed to oversee the boycott and legal maneuvering?

(see the answer key)

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