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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: The Making of a Dreamer (1929-55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s wife?
(a) Martha.
(b) Coretta.
(c) Bridget.
(d) Sybil.

2. How tall was Malcolm X?
(a) Five feet four inches.
(b) Five feet ten inches.
(c) Six feet three inches.
(d) Six feet nine inches.

3. When was the NAACP founded?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1932.

4. On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) August 28, 1963.
(b) October 26, 1975.
(c) September 14, 1954.
(d) July 1, 1984.

5. The Introduction claim that "blacks are Americans," given that they arrived before whom?
(a) Pilgrims.
(b) The English.
(c) The French.
(d) Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?

2. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

3. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. first visit Montgomery, Alabama?

4. 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?

5. Complete the following statement made by King: "Men often __________ each other because they _________ each other".

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