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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. Who was discovered to have been sent to Montgomery by a New York organization?
(a) King.
(b) Parks.
(c) Gray.
(d) Rustin.

2. Who was the most important person in King's life as a child?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

3. Where did King hold a prayer-in?
(a) A motel restaurant.
(b) The courthouse.
(c) Police headquarters.
(d) The library.

4. King planned a march to which city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) New York.
(d) Seattle.

5. In February 1959, King and his wife traveled to see sites made famous by whom?
(a) Genghis Khan.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Ghandi.
(d) King Tut.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did King marry?

3. What happened on the night that the settlement with the city was reached?

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

5. What was one of the demands that MIA made of the city?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the white merchants do in Birmingham after the protests began?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960? How did King become involved?

10. What did Connor do to shop the marchers in Birmingham? How did the marchers respond?

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