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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interrupted King's work on his book?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Stanley Levison.
(c) James Bevel.
(d) Roy Wilkins.

2. At the SCLC convention, King suggested which city as the next one for protests?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Biloxi.
(c) Danville.
(d) Savannah.

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

4. Which city was chosen for SCLC demonstrations because of its noncompliance to the Civil Rights Law of 1964?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Selma.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Charleston.

5. A picture appeared in national newspapers showing what, which spread word of the violence in Selma?
(a) A police officer beating a black child.
(b) The ruins of a bombed black church.
(c) The sheriff using a billyclub on an older black woman.
(d) Police dogs attacking a group of activists.

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

7. Shortly after the March on Washington, racial tensions heated up in which city?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Albany.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Birmingham.

8. What tragedy happened before the march to Montgomery?
(a) Congress voted down the Civil Rights Act.
(b) Abernathy was stabbed by a white woman.
(c) The King house was bombed.
(d) A volunteer was killed by KKK members.

9. One of SNCC's leaders was arrested in Atlanta on what charge?
(a) Breaking into police headquarters.
(b) Killing a police officer.
(c) Robbing a bank.
(d) Instigating a riot.

10. Where did the Meredith March end?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Selma.
(d) Canton.

11. In which city did the marchers first encounter hostility?
(a) Greenwood.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Argon Springs.
(d) Cairo.

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

13. What were the marchers attacked with in Canton?
(a) Police dogs.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Tear gas.
(d) Swords.

14. As King went to register at a local hotel, who attacked him?
(a) The hotel owner.
(b) A KKK member.
(c) An old white woman.
(d) A Nazi.

15. Violence broke out in what city as activists tried to desegregate local schools?
(a) Grenada.
(b) Jackson.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Biloxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. A judge ordered that registrars had to begin accepting how many applications per day?

2. Who urged King to run for president?

3. King's advisers were concerned when King decided to do what?

4. Where did King and the potential voters refuse to vacate the sidewalk?

5. How many girls were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing?

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