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

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

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

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?
(a) Trunda Blase.
(b) Claudette Colvin.
(c) Deborah Miller.
(d) Margie Mathers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?

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

4. What religious affiliation was Martin Luther King, Jr. aligned with?

5. Whom did the Introduction name as the most persuasive person in pointing out the hypocrisies of the Declaration of Independence?

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