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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the most important person in King's life as a child?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His father.
(c) His sister.
(d) His uncle.

2. Which country did King attend the independence ceremonies in?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Congo.

3. Where was King when a grand jury began handing out indictments against MIA leaders for breaking laws against unlawful boycotts?
(a) Toronto.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Fransisco.
(d) Denver.

4. What organization was formed in Albany to fight racism?
(a) Students for Change.
(b) NAACP.
(c) The Southern Christian Coordinating Committee.
(d) The Albany Movement.

5. Who took King's place as the president of MIA?
(a) Levison.
(b) Baker.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Abernathy.

6. What organization removed King from office?
(a) NAACP.
(b) SCLC.
(c) SNCC.
(d) National Baptist Convention.

7. What did Connor use on the protesters?
(a) Stun guns.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) Police dogs.
(d) Machine guns.

8. The bus boycott took away what percentage of bus riders?
(a) 50 percent..
(b) 25 percent.
(c) 70 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

9. What happened on January 30, 1956?
(a) King was killed.
(b) The King home was bombed.
(c) The MIA filed a federal court case against segregation.
(d) The boycott ended.

10. What happened on the night that the settlement with the city was reached?
(a) Abernathy was killed.
(b) An activist's home and a hotel were bombed.
(c) The KKK arrived to protest.
(d) The White House told King to back off.

11. Which university had the front doors blocked to keep several black students from registering?
(a) University of California.
(b) Marquette University.
(c) Emory University.
(d) University of Alabama.

12. The bus trip from Washington to New Orleans by an integrated group of students was known as what?
(a) Freedom Ride.
(b) Anti-Raciam Ride.
(c) Green Ride.
(d) Protest Ride.

13. Who made a speech on the day before the march that upset the White House?
(a) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(b) Robert Williams.
(c) John Lewis.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

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

15. King planned a march to which city?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Seattle.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?

2. Who rebuked King's attempt to organize a day of mourning?

3. Before the March, there were leaks from the FBI claiming that the March was being fueled by whom?

4. What presidency did King turn down due to church and family responsibilities?

5. Where did King and his family move to?

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