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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Less than a week after the Youth March for Integrated Schools, a black youth was lynched. What was the name of this black youth?
(a) Ernest Green.
(b) Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
(c) Marcus Garvey.
(d) Mack Parker.

3. What happened to James Farmer's bus as he was traveling from Washington, D.C., to the South?
(a) It was disabled (engine tampering) by white activists.
(b) It was run off of the road by the KKK.
(c) It was bombed and burned.
(d) It was painted during an overnight stop to look like a Dixie flag.

4. What were the dates of the demonstration at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?
(a) December 5 and 7, 1961.
(b) July 9 and 16, 1961.
(c) June 5 and 7, 1961.
(d) August 5 and 9, 1961.

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

6. What president ordered federal marshals dispatched by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Richard Nixon.

7. How many students marched toward the Alabama State Capitol Building in Montgomery?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 2,500.

8. In what magazine did Dr. King's famous series "How My Mind Has Changed" appear?
(a) Christian Century.
(b) Relevant.
(c) CCM.
(d) Guideposts.

9. 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?
(a) Freedom Challengers.
(b) Challengers.
(c) Freedom Riders.
(d) Riders.

10. What president announced the use of federal troops to escort nine children to high school in Arkansas?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Eisenhower.

11. What was the date of Dr. King's first national address?
(a) August 17, 1955.
(b) May 17, 1957.
(c) September 17, 1956.
(d) October 17, 1959.

12. Dr. King wanted to make sure that advocates of Black Consciousness did not associate racial pride with what?
(a) Racial discrimination.
(b) Racial isolationism.
(c) Racial neglect.
(d) Racial stereotypes.

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

14. What was the name of the high school that nine black children attended under surveillance of federal troops, in Arkansas?
(a) Wesclin High School.
(b) Central High School.
(c) Centralia West High School.
(d) Triad High School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what "Anniversary Conference" of the NUL did Dr. King deliver a speech?

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

3. What city was the home to the beginning of the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians when it began February 1, 1960?

4. What movement involved civil rights activists who sought to challenge religious segregation?

5. When did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) come into being?

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