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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8- Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?
(a) Hattie Cotton Elementary School.
(b) Dr. King's home.
(c) The conference site for the MIA.
(d) Montgomery Bus Headquarters.

2. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?
(a) Prince Edward County.
(b) Franklin County.
(c) Salem County.
(d) Bedford County.

3. Who was the cause of Dr. King's injury on September 20, 1958?
(a) A black woman.
(b) A white man.
(c) A black man.
(d) A white woman.

4. When did Dr. King write the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
(a) April 16, 1963.
(b) June 24, 1957.
(c) May 28, 1955.
(d) October 3, 1959.

5. On what date did the head of the Nation of Islam call upon African Americans to form a state of their own?
(a) December 5, 1960.
(b) January 1, 1960.
(c) July 31, 1960.
(d) July 4, 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the nicknames of the African Americans who traveled from state to state even though they were prohibited from doing so because of white co-passengers?

2. What was the name of the man whose daughter was the focus behind the Brown vs. Board (1954) court case?

3. On what date did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?

4. How many students were expelled on March 2, 1960, by the Alabama Board of Education?

5. What religious journal contained a summary of Dr. King's book Stride Toward Freedom?

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