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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house did King go to after a rally in Los Angeles?
(a) Burt Lancaster's
(b) Sammy Davis'
(c) Frank Sinatra's
(d) Dean Martin's

2. What does the judge charge the sheriff with?
(a) Perjury
(b) Drug possession
(c) Breach of peace
(d) Assault

3. What does King lead a mall to the courthouse to do?
(a) Sing
(b) Demonstrate
(c) Pray
(d) Chant

4. Who does Hoover warn Kennedy to stay away from?
(a) Sammy Davis Jr
(b) Marilyn Monroe
(c) Martin Luther King
(d) Frank Sinatra

5. What does King ask people to do for those Negroes who have yet to learn the non-violent ways?
(a) Sing
(b) Pray
(c) Donate money
(d) Donate food

6. Who does King think will win the National Baptist Conference elections?
(a) Jesse Jackson
(b) Mike King
(c) James Taylor
(d) Vernon Johns

7. What reason does the sheriff give for shooting the black man?
(a) Accidental
(b) Self defense
(c) Hate
(d) Temporary insanity

8. What does Kennedy want the Freedom Riders to do?
(a) Stop
(b) Carry guns
(c) Take trains
(d) Sing the national anthem

9. What does A New Orleans newspaper accuse O'Dell of being a member of?
(a) The KKK
(b) The Nazi party
(c) The Communist party
(d) The BNP

10. What takes place in October of 1962?
(a) The Cuban Missile Crisis
(b) The Los Angeles Riots
(c) Presidential Elections
(d) The Harlem Riots

11. Why did the sheriff shoot a black man?
(a) For drinking on the streets
(b) For flirting with a white prostitute
(c) For flirting with a Negro mistress
(d) For swearing at him

12. In what city does King gather thousands of dollars of donations?
(a) Chicago
(b) Los Angeles
(c) New York
(d) San Francisco

13. What does Bull Connors fire at the church congregation?
(a) Shot guns
(b) Ray guns
(c) Fire guns
(d) Monitor guns

14. Why did Hoover and Kennedy never get along?
(a) Hoover was a Communist
(b) Hoover was a racist
(c) Kennedy thought he was superior
(d) Hoover thought he was superior

15. Where does Kennedy meet the heads of the Civil Rights groups?
(a) New York
(b) San Francisco
(c) Chicago
(d) Los Angeles

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of King's lawyer?

2. What newspaper was the reporter in the church in Mississippi from?

3. What does a monitor gun combine the power of?

4. What have the authorities closed in Birmingham?

5. Whose phone does Hoover bug in this chapter?

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