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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. In St. Augustine, rumors arose that the sheriff was a part of what group?
(a) The KKK.
(b) The Communist Party.
(c) The Nazi Party.
(d) The Masons.

2. What was the first march to the bridge nicknamed?
(a) March of Blood.
(b) Bloody Sunday.
(c) Path to Glory.
(d) March of Violence.

3. The judge ruled that the march to Montgomery had to have less than what number of marchers?
(a) 500.
(b) 300.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100.

4. Where did King go after the Meredith March?
(a) Dallas.
(b) St. Augustine.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Fairfax.

5. In Selma, King was suffering from what?
(a) Measles.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chicago Project Breadbasket would be run by whom?

2. Bevel convinced King that the focus in Chicago should shift from segregation to what?

3. Tensions between the SCLC and which group grew during 1963 and 1964?

4. Who released a statement supporting the SCLC's work in Selma?

5. What caused King to fall into a depression?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King's wife receive? How did King feel about this?

2. Following the protests in Selma, what other avenues to desegregation did the SCLC discuss? What did King share with the SCLC at this meeting?

3. What was the Coordinating Committee of Community Organizations? Where was this group located?

4. What did King and the others do to increase the pressure on officials in Selma? Were these actions a success?

5. How did SNCC feel about the Chicago agreement? What did they do to show their displeasure? How was SNCC changing?

6. What did the federal Office of Education do in Chicago? How did this affect the movement?

7. What was Bloody Sunday? Describe this event.

8. Activists in which city approached King about helping them with their boycotts and demonstrations? What was the situation in this city?

9. What was King's new book about? What interruptions did he face in writing it? How was the book received?

10. Why did King agree to suspend all demonstrations in St. Augustine? What did he learn after doing this?

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