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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who did King marry?
(a) Coretta.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Denise.
(d) Yolanda.

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

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

7. King wanted the Birmingham protests to start after what?
(a) The March on Washington.
(b) The elections.
(c) The new year.
(d) The opening of a new department store.

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

9. Who was murdered in his driveway on the night that Kennedy mobilized the Alabama National Guard?
(a) Medgar Evers.
(b) Roy Wilkins.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

10. Who was asked to vacate her seat on a city bus for a white passenger?
(a) Abigail Jenson.
(b) Fannie Lou Hamer.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Betty Shabazz.

11. Where did King and his family move to?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Selma.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Albany.

12. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?
(a) Rocco Siciliano.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Bayard Rustin.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

13. What was one of the demands that MIA made of the city?
(a) The bus company should hire black drivers too.
(b) Buses should be reserved for blacks only.
(c) White passengers should have to stand when blacks were present.
(d) The buses should be filled front to back for blacks.

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

15. Why was their a rivalry between SNCC and the NAACP?
(a) The NAACP wanted to control the actions in Albany.
(b) They both staged a sit-in at the same time in different locations, making people choose between the two.
(c) SNCC wanted to control the actions in Albany.
(d) Both groups wanted King to commit to their actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?

2. How many protesters were arrested during the first day of the Birmingham protests?

3. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?

4. King announced planned protests outside of what political event(s)?

5. King was invited to be a guest on which program?

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