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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's advisers were concerned when King decided to do what?
(a) Stage a hunger strike in jail.
(b) Move to Africa.
(c) Join an anti-war group's protest.
(d) Go public with his affairs.

2. What caused tension between the SCLC and SNCC?
(a) Sharing of finances.
(b) King's leadership.
(c) Credit for demonstrations.
(d) A letter by Abernathy.

3. Who released a statement supporting the SCLC's work in Selma?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) President Johnson.

4. King was warned of an attempt on his life during a visit to where?
(a) Marion.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Selma.
(d) Washington D.C.

5. How did King feel about his meeting with President Johnson?
(a) Depressed about his indifference.
(b) Glad that Johnson was a fellow Communist.
(c) Worried about his stand on voter registration.
(d) Impressed by his commitment to the Civil Rights bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Meredith along his walk?

2. What tragedy happened before the march to Montgomery?

3. King felt that "black power" had what implication?

4. The judge ruled that the march to Montgomery had to have less than what number of marchers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Meredith March after Meredith was shot?

2. What organizational and political struggles did King face after Kennedy's death?

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

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

5. Who was James Meredith? What did he decide to do? What happened to him?

6. What health struggles did King encounter? What contributed to this? What award did he learn that he had won?

7. Where did riots break out? What did King say caused the riots?

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

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

10. Who first used the term "black power?" How did King feel about the term?

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