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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of what church?
(a) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
(b) North Atlanta Congregational Church.
(c) Grace Lutheran Church.
(d) St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church.

2. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?
(a) National Youths Against Racism.
(b) Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
(c) Crusade for Citizenship.
(d) Hands Across America.

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

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

5. Why were SNCC members upset with King?
(a) They felt he was getting too much credit for the sit-ins.
(b) They felt he was doing too much in the organization.
(c) He tried to usurp the president of the group.
(d) He wanted to end the Freedom Rides.

6. How long was King sentenced to jail for violating his probation?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 4 months.

7. What fine did King receive in the state boycott trial?
(a) $100.
(b) $500.
(c) $1000.
(d) $50.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The white merchants resisted what aim?

3. Who made a speech on the day before the march that upset the White House?

4. Who called the judge on the trial and suggested that King had a right to bond while waiting his appeal?

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

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