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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was chosen as the organizational president?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) E.D. Nixon.
(c) Jo Ann Robinson.
(d) Ralph D. Abernathy.

2. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?
(a) GQ.
(b) Good Housekeeping.
(c) Time.
(d) Sports Illustrated.

3. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?
(a) He refused to go along with them, citing his probation problems.
(b) He failed to mention them in a speech in Washington DC.
(c) He spent some of the money they had planned on using.
(d) He did not want to serve on their advisory panel.

4. Before the March, there were leaks from the FBI claiming that the March was being fueled by whom?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Republican Party.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Green Party.

5. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?
(a) Abernathy.
(b) Wilkins.
(c) Grant.
(d) Rustin.

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

7. What did the NAACP tell its members?
(a) It was turning to violent protests.
(b) It was disbanding in Albany.
(c) King was trying to undermine the NAACP.
(d) Not to participate in SNCC activities.

8. The Crusade for Citizenship was focused on what?
(a) Bus desegregation.
(b) A civil rights bill.
(c) School desegregation.
(d) Voter registration.

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

10. On February 1, 1960, how many students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro?
(a) 500.
(b) 120.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

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

12. Who was discovered to have been sent to Montgomery by a New York organization?
(a) Gray.
(b) Rustin.
(c) King.
(d) Parks.

13. The white merchants resisted what aim?
(a) Desegregating the city government.
(b) Having fair hiring practices in the retail stores.
(c) The formation of a biracial committee.
(d) Desegregating the retail stores.

14. In February 1959, King and his wife traveled to see sites made famous by whom?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Genghis Khan.
(c) King Tut.
(d) Ghandi.

15. How long was King sentenced to jail for violating his probation?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 9 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was murdered in his driveway on the night that Kennedy mobilized the Alabama National Guard?

2. King was accused of what by the state of Alabama?

3. What was one of the demands that MIA made of the city?

4. Why did negotiations fail with the city officials?

5. In what state was the governor fighting integration of a high school?

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