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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Dr. King attend college during his undergraduate studies?
(a) Morehouse College.
(b) Birmingham-Southern College.
(c) Rhodes College.
(d) Rollins College.

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

4. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?
(a) He was verbally assaulted.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was punched.
(d) He was stabbed.

5. What month did Dr. King address the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) April.

6. What position did Dr. King, while thirty-one, accept at a Baptist church?
(a) Deacon.
(b) Pastor.
(c) Youth pastor.
(d) Co-pastor.

7. Dr. King reached out to his extensive religious contacts, including the National Baptist Convention, to organize what conference?
(a) Montgomery Christian Conference.
(b) Southern Baptist Conference.
(c) Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(d) Southern Religious Conference.

8. What was the name of one of the first integrated group of interstate travelers that later served as Dr. King's chief strategists?
(a) Emmett Till.
(b) Bayard Rustin.
(c) Louis Farrakhan.
(d) Reverend Oliver Brown.

9. In Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech, what does King say all Americans hold that is signed by the founders of the United States?
(a) A "promise of intent."
(b) An "unpaid ticket."
(c) A "promissory note."
(d) A "lottery ticket."

10. What is the date noted at the beginning of Chapter 4, "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools"?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1959.

11. What is the name of the university where the SNCC was began?
(a) Wake Forrest University.
(b) Campbell University.
(c) Methodist University.
(d) Shaw University.

12. What laws did African American interstate travelers ignore during their public transportation across state lines?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) Minority Travel Limitations.
(c) White Flight.
(d) Uncle Tom.

13. What was the name of the man whose daughter was the focus behind the Brown vs. Board (1954) court case?
(a) Stuart O. Brown.
(b) Charles M. Brown.
(c) Reverend Oliver Brown.
(d) Dr. Kenneth K. Brown.

14. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?
(a) Two years.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

15. Who were the primary people who led the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians?
(a) African American college students.
(b) African American women.
(c) African American men.
(d) African American business-persons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr., attend school to obtain his Bachelor of Divinity degree?

3. Who were Dr. and Mrs. King guests of during their stay in India?

4. What demonstration was held at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?

5. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?

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