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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. King wanted the Birmingham protests to start after what?
(a) The new year.
(b) The opening of a new department store.
(c) The March on Washington.
(d) The elections.

2. In what newspaper was an ad taken out to defend MLK, Jr.?
(a) The Chicago Defender.
(b) The Atlanta Gazette.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Alabama Reporter.

3. The bus boycott took away what percentage of bus riders?
(a) 70 percent.
(b) 50 percent..
(c) 25 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

4. King announced planned protests outside of what political event(s)?
(a) Presidential Inauguration.
(b) Presidential elections.
(c) State dinner.
(d) Republican and Democratic Conventions.

5. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?
(a) The Albany Movement wanted to crush the bus company.
(b) The city refused to compromise.
(c) A judge ordered the continuation of the boycott.
(d) The bus company prefered to go out of business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was not included in the boycotts in Albany?

2. The bus trip from Washington to New Orleans by an integrated group of students was known as what?

3. Why were SNCC members upset with King?

4. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?

5. King became the assistant pastor at what church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened during King's trial? How did King feel about this?

2. Why was there a rivalry between SNCC and NAACP? Describe how this affected the actions of the groups.

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

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

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

6. What happened to King in New York?

7. What was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s background like? What was his family like?

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

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

10. What changes did King make in his life?

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