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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who called the judge on the trial and suggested that King had a right to bond while waiting his appeal?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Coretta King.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

2. Stanley Levison was connected to what party?
(a) Socialist Party.
(b) Libertarian Party.
(c) Communist Party.
(d) Republican Party.

3. King announced that a Second Emancipation Proclamation would be delivered where?
(a) The White House.
(b) The Mayor of Atlanta.
(c) The US Congress.
(d) The United Nations.

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

5. The SCLC teamed up with what organization to train students to teach citizenship schools?
(a) The Baptist Civic Organization.
(b) The Montgomery Voter Association.
(c) The American Cultural Club.
(d) The Highlander Folk School.

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

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

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

9. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?
(a) He spent some of the money they had planned on using.
(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 failed to mention them in a speech in Washington DC.

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

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

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

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

14. Why did negotiations fail with the city officials?
(a) They refused to desegregate the city government.
(b) They refused to drop the charges against the protesters.
(c) They refused to stop using fire hoses on protesters.
(d) They refused to set up a biracial committee.

15. Who rebuked King's attempt to organize a day of mourning?
(a) Roy Wilkins.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Julian Bond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sherrod and Reagon moved their base of operations to which city?

2. The Crusade for Citizenship was focused on what?

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

4. The white merchants resisted what aim?

5. Where did King hold a prayer-in?

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