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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24: The Nobel Peace Prize, Chapter 25: Malcolm X, Chapter 26: Selma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Rosa Parks arrested?
(a) 1 December 1955.
(b) 6 December 1955.
(c) 26 November 1955.
(d) 20 November 1955.

2. City and bus officials felt the bus protest would pass quickly once what happened?
(a) Protestors grew weary of walking.
(b) Initial interest diminished.
(c) Volunteers tired of transporting.
(d) The first rainy day arrived.

3. When was King elected head of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)?
(a) 3 December 1955.
(b) 5 December 1955.
(c) 1 December 1955.
(d) 7 December 1955.

4. An integrated dinner on 27 January 1965 that honored King was held where?
(a) In St. Augustine.
(b) In Atlanta.
(c) In New York.
(d) In Birmingham.

5. The sit-in movement began in a lunch counter in what location?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Albany, Georgia.
(d) Greensboro, North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when white police officers initially arrested King in Montgomery?

2. What were among the false rumors spread about King?

3. When did King and other MIA leaders unsuccessfully meet with whites in an attempt to resolve the bus issue?

4. Although he and Malcolm X did not always see eye-to-eye as to methods, King stipulated Malcolm X had the great ability to do what?

5. How long did King have to prepare what he considered the most important speech of his life?

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