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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. In front of which U.S. President did Martin Luther King, Jr. first speak about the "American Dream"?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Ford.
(d) Nixon.

2. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) Backwards.
(b) Hell.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Uneducated.

3. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet for the first and only time in their lives?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Virginia.

4. In what type of store did Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father experience racism together?
(a) A book store.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A general store.
(d) A shoe store.

5. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. first visit Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. become pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

2. What was Malcolm's nickname in prison?

3. In what grade did Malcolm X's education end?

4. On what date did Malcolm X give the speech that began, "No, I'm not an American"?

5. 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?

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