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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King demanded that Birmingham hire how many black police officers?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

2. Which SNCC leader presented a Proposal for Action which would develop an army of sorts?
(a) Diane Bevel.
(b) Bob Moses.
(c) Ella Baker.
(d) John Lewis.

3. CCCO staged a march that ended in how many arrests?
(a) 4000.
(b) 200.
(c) 60.
(d) 900.

4. Why was there an uproar in the Chicago press about King?
(a) His affairs were revealed.
(b) He attended a communist meeting.
(c) A SNCC demonstration shut down the downtown area.
(d) The SCLC seized a building.

5. SCLC employees were unhappy about what?
(a) The death threats they received.
(b) The violence leaders were advocating.
(c) King's schedule.
(d) Their pay.

6. Demonstrations began in which state to test the compliance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Alabama.
(c) California.
(d) Michigan.

7. Where was some of the worst police violence seen through 1964?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Danville.
(d) Summertree.

8. What was the main source of racial trouble in Chicago?
(a) The corruption in the justice system.
(b) The violence in low-income areas.
(c) The segregation of the schools.
(d) Job discrimination.

9. What was King's biggest concern about the murder?
(a) The voter registration bill would not pass.
(b) That the culprit would not be caught.
(c) The escalating violence against Civil Rights advocates.
(d) SNCC would fall into a decline.

10. Tensions between the SCLC and which group grew during 1963 and 1964?
(a) BBC.
(b) ACLU.
(c) SNCC.
(d) NCAA.

11. King's advisers were concerned when King decided to do what?
(a) Move to Africa.
(b) Join an anti-war group's protest.
(c) Stage a hunger strike in jail.
(d) Go public with his affairs.

12. The FBI observed meetings between King and whom?
(a) Wiesel.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Levison.
(d) Monroe.

13. King's vacation to Puerto Rico was interrupted by news of what event?
(a) The end of the Vietnam War.
(b) The Moon landing.
(c) The Watts Riots.
(d) Kennedy's assassination.

14. King learned of whose death as he left for a fundraising trip?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) President Johnson.

15. Riots broke out in which cities?
(a) Newark and Detroit.
(b) Omaha and New Orleans.
(c) Seattle and Madison.
(d) Dallas and San Diego.

Short Answer Questions

1. The CCCO was based in which city?

2. Where did the marchers attempt to camp, but were told to move on?

3. Where did the Meredith March end?

4. The Democratic Convention took place in which city?

5. What caused King to fall into a depression?

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