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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did King feel about his meeting with President Johnson?
(a) Glad that Johnson was a fellow Communist.
(b) Depressed about his indifference.
(c) Worried about his stand on voter registration.
(d) Impressed by his commitment to the Civil Rights bill.

2. In St. Augustine, rumors arose that the sheriff was a part of what group?
(a) The Nazi Party.
(b) The Masons.
(c) The KKK.
(d) The Communist Party.

3. In October, the federal Office of Education stopped funding to which city's schools because of segregation?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Memphis.

4. The Democratic Convention took place in which city?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Atlantic City.

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

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

7. 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.

8. Where did King go after the Meredith March?
(a) Fairfax.
(b) St. Augustine.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Dallas.

9. What compromise in Selma was King criticized for?
(a) Not attending the march to the bridge.
(b) Stopping the march until a settlement could be reached.
(c) Going on to Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(d) Turning around and returning to Brown Chapel.

10. Who approved several wiretaps on King's personal phone lines?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) J. Edgar Hoover.

11. What happened to Meredith along his walk?
(a) He was beaten up.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was made vice-president of the SCLC.
(d) He meet King.

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

13. Where did King go to work on his book?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) England.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the marchers return to in order to have a meeting to outline the march?

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

3. Who released a statement supporting the SCLC's work in Selma?

4. King blamed the riots on what cause?

5. King was approached by activists in which Florida city to help them garner support in the SCLC for demonstrations?

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