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

2. What year was Mohandas Gandhi assassinated?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1955.

3. What group organized the first integrated group of interstate travelers?
(a) NUL.
(b) CORE.
(c) MIL.
(d) NAACP.

4. What city in Tennessee had a race riot on February 23, 1960?
(a) Chattanooga.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Bristol.

5. 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?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Greensboro.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Charleston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?

2. What was the name of the first African American to challenge interstate travel bans?

3. What was James Farmer's position with CORE?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to "Speech Before the Youth March for Integrated Schools," what did the march demonstrate to him?

2. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were the problems associated with the shift from rural to urban life for African Americans?

3. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were second-class methods?

4. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what were some of the factors that led to a new sense of self-respect on the part of the African American?

5. What were the three reasons that blacks gave when asked why they did not expect the Montgomery Bus Boycott to succeed?

6. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," what is the primary reason for bringing an end to racial discrimination?

7. According to King's speech "The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness," why had some African Americans become cynical and disillusioned?

8. When Rosa Parks was asked why she did not move from her seat on the bus, what did she answer?

9. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," what were blacks asking for as part of the "southern pattern"?

10. According to King's speech "Our Struggle," there were eight descriptions of the "New Negro." What were three of the eight of the descriptions?

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