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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King announced planned protests outside of what political event(s)?
(a) Presidential elections.
(b) State dinner.
(c) Republican and Democratic Conventions.
(d) Presidential Inauguration.

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

3. Why was their a rivalry between SNCC and the NAACP?
(a) SNCC 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) The NAACP wanted to control the actions in Albany.
(d) Both groups wanted King to commit to their actions.

4. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?
(a) Established a Civil Rights commission.
(b) Ended bus segregation only.
(c) Ended all segregation.
(d) Dismissed all protest charges.

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Bayard Rustin.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

10. Who did King visit with in New York about the Washington Pilgrimage?
(a) Andrew Joyce.
(b) Roy Wilkins.
(c) Michael du Bois.
(d) Wayne Brown.

11. What was left on King's front porch in January, 1957?
(a) A lawsuit over the boycott.
(b) A dead rabbit.
(c) Hate mail.
(d) Dynamite.

12. What did King want the Kennedy Administration to issue?
(a) A Second Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) An apology for Jim Crow.
(c) Reparations for slavery.
(d) A segregation bill.

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

14. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?
(a) March 29.
(b) June 3.
(c) December 20.
(d) October 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did negotiations fail with the city officials?

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

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

5. Who did King marry?

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