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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. Why did the Chicago Freedom Movement begin to lose momentum?
(a) Demonstrator arrests.
(b) The lack of funds.
(c) The lack of an attainable goal.
(d) The lack of a leader.

2. What compromise in Selma was King criticized for?
(a) Going on to Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(b) Turning around and returning to Brown Chapel.
(c) Not attending the march to the bridge.
(d) Stopping the march until a settlement could be reached.

3. What happened to Meredith along his walk?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was made vice-president of the SCLC.
(c) He was beaten up.
(d) He meet King.

4. Which city was chosen for SCLC demonstrations because of its noncompliance to the Civil Rights Law of 1964?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Selma.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Charleston.

5. What did the package delivered to the King home contain?
(a) A letter from King to Stalin.
(b) Recording from FBI wiretaps.
(c) Photos of King at a communist meeting.
(d) A bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did King go after the Meredith March?

2. In October, the federal Office of Education stopped funding to which city's schools because of segregation?

3. In which city did the marchers first encounter hostility?

4. King's advisers were concerned when King decided to do what?

5. Who interrupted King's work on his book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which city was chosen as the next venue for SCLC demonstrations? Why was it chosen as a site for demonstrations?

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

4. What occurred during the Chicago marches? What did city officials do?

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

6. Why was King arrested in St. Augustine? What was the result of the grand jury?

7. What did the SCLC turn their attention to in Chicago? What programs did it implement?

8. What obstacles did King and the others face during the Meredith March? How did they handle these obstacles?

9. Why did the SCLC and King become interested in Chicago?

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

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