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

2. King became the assistant pastor at what church?
(a) South Atlanta Methodist.
(b) Ebenezer Baptist.
(c) Second Methodist.
(d) Emmanuel Baptist.

3. Robert Kennedy got a federal injunction against which group to keep them from harassing the bus riders?
(a) The Nazi Party.
(b) The Masons.
(c) The SCLC.
(d) The KKK.

4. What presidency did King turn down due to church and family responsibilities?
(a) The local Elks chapter.
(b) The local Masons chapter.
(c) The local NAACP chapter.
(d) The local ACLU chapter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who paid King and Abernathy's fine?

2. The Crusade for Citizenship was focused on what?

3. Which college did King attend?

4. The white merchants resisted what aim?

5. When King was placed in isolation, who did Wyatt Walker ask for help?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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