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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?
(a) Melba Patillo Beals.
(b) Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?
(a) April 1, 1955.
(b) May 17, 1954.
(c) December 1, 1955.
(d) March 17, 1957.

3. Where were the lunch counter sit-ins conducted on August 19 by the NAACP?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) California.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Oklahoma City.

4. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1960.

5. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?
(a) October 1, 1965.
(b) October 1, 1955.
(c) December 5, 1955.
(d) December 1, 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?

2. Dr. King reached out to his extensive religious contacts, including the National Baptist Convention, to organize what conference?

3. What became a pseudonym for the Civil Rights Movement?

4. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?

5. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?

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