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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: I Have a Dream (1955-64).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the 15-year-old high school student arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger before Rosa Parks did so?
(a) Margie Mathers.
(b) Claudette Colvin.
(c) Deborah Miller.
(d) Trunda Blase.

2. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?
(a) Dorothy Height.
(b) John O. Killens.
(c) James Meredith.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

3. What church was King's father a minister of?
(a) First Baptist Church.
(b) South Central Baptist Church.
(c) Ebenezer Baptist Church.
(d) Montgomery First Baptist Church.

4. What soda company used King's use of dreaming in their advertising?
(a) Tab.
(b) Royal Cola.
(c) Coca-Cola.
(d) Pepsi.

5. Who was the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Dexter Probst.
(d) Charlie Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

2. What book in the Bible states, "We are all one in Christ"?

3. Who described Malcolm X as "the spokesman of bitter racism"?

4. What was King's favorite image used to show the importance of being the best in your profession?

5. At what age did Martin Luther King, Jr. attend Morehouse College?

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