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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) Robert Kennedy.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Coretta Scott King.
(d) Richard Nixon.

2. Where did King hold a prayer-in?
(a) A motel restaurant.
(b) The library.
(c) Police headquarters.
(d) The courthouse.

3. Which college did King attend?
(a) University of Georgia..
(b) Emory University.
(c) Morehouse College.
(d) Georgetown University.

4. King was invited to be a guest on which program?
(a) Newshour.
(b) Meet the Press.
(c) 60 Minutes.
(d) Dateline.

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

6. Why did Rustin resign?
(a) He was angry with King about the direction of the SCLC.
(b) Clayton threatened to say that Rustin and King were lovers.
(c) Rustin was caught at a communist meeting.
(d) He was recovering from stab wounds after a woman attacked him.

7. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Ruskin.
(c) Dexter.
(d) Levison.

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

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

10. The four major Civil Rights organizations joined together to create what organization?
(a) US Justice Project.
(b) Freedom Riders Project.
(c) Southern Racism Project.
(d) Voter Education Project.

11. Why did a riot break out?
(a) Whites attacked several blacks on the way to church.
(b) The city went back on its agreement.
(c) The bombs killed 35 people.
(d) The state troopers had moved from the site of the bombings.

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

13. What SCLC program was to reach out more readily to the public?
(a) Crusade for Sponsors.
(b) POV.
(c) Future Program.
(d) Hands across America.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who paid King and Abernathy's fine?

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

4. What was left on King's front porch in January, 1957?

5. King was arrested when he tried to attend the trial of whose assailant?

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