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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Shades of Politics,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What driving offense do the police arrest King for?
(a) Worn out windshield wipers
(b) Traffic violation
(c) Speeding
(d) Worn out tires

2. Who is the Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election?
(a) John Kennedy
(b) Robert Kennedy
(c) Jackie Robinson
(d) James Elroy

3. In whose yard does a bomb explode in this chapter?
(a) Rosa Parks'
(b) Martin Luther King's
(c) E.D. Nixon's
(d) Fred Grey's

4. What university did Du Bois work at?
(a) Mississippi
(b) New York
(c) Virgina
(d) Atlanta

5. What does Diane Nash refuse to do?
(a) Leave a restaurant
(b) Pay her fine
(c) Talk
(d) Give up her seat

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the black driver do when a black girl refuses to give up her seat for a white person?

2. What is King asked to write a book about?

3. Why did the fare increase do little to help the bus company's financial problems?

4. What kind of army does King build?

5. What do the Nashville police threaten to arrest all protesters for?

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