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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. Why was their a rivalry between SNCC and the NAACP?
(a) SNCC wanted to control the actions in Albany.
(b) Both groups wanted King to commit to their actions.
(c) The NAACP wanted to control the actions in Albany.
(d) They both staged a sit-in at the same time in different locations, making people choose between the two.

2. Who advised King to distance himself from Levison?
(a) Coretta Scott King.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

3. Why did a riot break out?
(a) The state troopers had moved from the site of the bombings.
(b) The city went back on its agreement.
(c) The bombs killed 35 people.
(d) Whites attacked several blacks on the way to church.

4. Who made a speech on the day before the march that upset the White House?
(a) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) John Lewis.
(d) Robert Williams.

5. Who did King marry?
(a) Yolanda.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Coretta.
(d) Denise.

Short Answer Questions

1. The bus boycott took away what percentage of bus riders?

2. What was the turnout like at the March to Washington?

3. Why did negotiations fail with the city officials?

4. Which organization was formed to oversee the boycott and legal maneuvering?

5. Who did King visit with in New York about the Washington Pilgrimage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened in King and Abernathy's trial in Albany? Why did they not serve the full sentence?

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

4. How did the city of Montgomery react to the bus boycott?

5. What was the Crusade for Citizenship? Who was not happy about this?

6. Who was Rosa Parks? What was her connection to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

7. Why did activists see Albany as a good place to fight racial inequality?

8. Why did Kennedy refuse to meet with King? How did the Kennedy Administration feel about the planned march in Washington?

9. In August, King was arrested. Why was he arrested? What effects did the arrest have?

10. Why was King sentenced to four months in jail?

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