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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the meeting with Kennedy, the President told King to distance himself from whom?
(a) Levison.
(b) Abernathy.
(c) Wilkins.
(d) Parks.

2. The Crusade for Citizenship was focused on what?
(a) School desegregation.
(b) A civil rights bill.
(c) Voter registration.
(d) Bus desegregation.

3. How many people were arrested at the trial for the arrested SNCC train riders?
(a) 5000.
(b) 50.
(c) 400.
(d) 150.

4. Which university had the front doors blocked to keep several black students from registering?
(a) University of Alabama.
(b) University of California.
(c) Emory University.
(d) Marquette University.

5. How many protesters were arrested during the first day of the Birmingham protests?
(a) 20.
(b) 140.
(c) 3.
(d) 275.

Short Answer Questions

1. In February 1959, King and his wife traveled to see sites made famous by whom?

2. King's father and grandfather were involved in what profession?

3. In what newspaper was an ad taken out to defend MLK, Jr.?

4. Who rebuked King's attempt to organize a day of mourning?

5. King was accused of what by the state of Alabama?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Stanley Levison? Why was the Kennedy campaign growing more concerned about King?

2. What was the Montgomery Improvement Association? What were its aims?

3. What were the aims of the demonstrations in Birmingham?

4. Why did the protests in Birmingham not get off to the start that King wanted?

5. What was the first meeting like about the bus boycott? Why was it like this?

6. What was the March on Washington?

7. What was the Freedom Ride? What were the results?

8. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

9. How many rallies did King announce for the voter registration? What was the outcome of these rallies?

10. What was King accused of when he returned to Atlanta from North Carolina? How did he and his supporters react?

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