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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who released a statement supporting the SCLC's work in Selma?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Nelson Mandela.
(d) President Johnson.

2. King taped the list of demands to a door where?
(a) Public Library.
(b) Police Headquarters.
(c) City Hall.
(d) A White Church.

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

4. King was warned of an attempt on his life during a visit to where?
(a) Selma.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Marion.
(d) Washington D.C.

5. Who was to lead the march in Selma?
(a) Rustin.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Wallace.
(d) King.

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

7. Who was famous for being the first black man to enroll at the University of Mississippi?
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) James Meredith.
(c) Michael Jury.
(d) Wayne Johnson.

8. Who urged King to run for president?
(a) Dr. Spock.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

9. What did the highway patrol want the marchers do to?
(a) Get off the pavement.
(b) Apologize for the march.
(c) Turn violent so they could be arrested.
(d) Turn around and go back.

10. Why did the Chicago Freedom Movement begin to lose momentum?
(a) The lack of an attainable goal.
(b) Demonstrator arrests.
(c) The lack of a leader.
(d) The lack of funds.

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

12. King abandoned a writing campaign about peace in which country?
(a) Korea.
(b) Panema.
(c) Russia.
(d) Vietnam.

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

14. James Meredith announced his intention to walk from where to where?
(a) Memphis to Jackson.
(b) New Orleans to Boston.
(c) Biloxi to Washington DC.
(d) Chicago to Atlanta.

15. What caused tension between the SCLC and SNCC?
(a) A letter by Abernathy.
(b) Credit for demonstrations.
(c) King's leadership.
(d) Sharing of finances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Demonstrations began in which state to test the compliance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

2. How did King feel about the agreement in Chicago?

3. Which SNCC leader presented a Proposal for Action which would develop an army of sorts?

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

5. A picture appeared in national newspapers showing what, which spread word of the violence in Selma?

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