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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. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of what church?
(a) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
(b) St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church.
(c) Grace Lutheran Church.
(d) North Atlanta Congregational Church.

2. What was not included in the boycotts in Albany?
(a) Retail stores.
(b) Public transportation.
(c) Schools.
(d) The library.

3. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?
(a) Dexter.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Ruskin.
(d) Levison.

4. What did the NAACP tell its members?
(a) King was trying to undermine the NAACP.
(b) It was turning to violent protests.
(c) It was disbanding in Albany.
(d) Not to participate in SNCC activities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the meeting with Kennedy, the President told King to distance himself from whom?

2. How many protesters were arrested during the first day of the Birmingham protests?

3. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?

4. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?

5. What happened to King at a book signing in New York?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened at Birmingham's Bethel Baptist Church? What did King do about this?

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

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

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

6. What was Wilkins concerned about when King met with him?

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

8. How did the city officials in Albany respond to the protests and boycotts?

9. What was the March on Washington?

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

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