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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who advised King to distance himself from Levison?
(a) Coretta Scott King.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

2. What was King's tour called?
(a) Suffrage for All.
(b) Racism Ends.
(c) People-to-People.
(d) Chance for Change.

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

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

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

6. When King was placed in isolation, who did Wyatt Walker ask for help?
(a) The White House.
(b) King's father.
(c) The governor.
(d) Abernathy.

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

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

9. What was not included in the boycotts in Albany?
(a) The library.
(b) Schools.
(c) Public transportation.
(d) Retail stores.

10. King's father and grandfather were involved in what profession?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Preachers.

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

12. Who did King speak with about the bombing, suggesting that a strong stand needed to be taken?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Stanley Levison.
(c) The President.
(d) The mayor of Selma.

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

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

15. At the meeting with Kennedy, the President told King to distance himself from whom?
(a) Parks.
(b) Levison.
(c) Abernathy.
(d) Wilkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did King want the Kennedy Administration to issue?

2. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of what church?

3. On February 1, 1960, how many students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro?

4. Why did Rustin resign?

5. Which college did King attend?

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