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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. How did Jimmie Lee Jackson die on 26 February 1965 in Marion, Alabama?
(a) Police shot him during a demonstration.
(b) Klan night riders beat him during a demonstration.
(c) Youths beat him during a demonstration.
(d) Police released a K-9 on him during a demonstration.

2. On 15 December 1961, King arrived in Albany, Georgia, in response to a telegram from the head of what group?
(a) The Albany Movement.
(b) The Albany NAACP.
(c) The Albany Assembly.
(d) The Albany Alliance for Civil Liberties.

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

4. On what date did King's attorney arrange his release from prison?
(a) 26 October 1960.
(b) 28 October 1960.
(c) 27 October 1960.
(d) 29 October 1960.

5. King spoke at the founding conference of what organization on 15 April 1960?
(a) The Alabama Council on Human Relations (ACHR).
(b) The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).
(c) The Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO).
(d) The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter about the Nobel Prize, King described his view of airline personnel and ranked which members as foremost?

2. King wanted to learn from what Scandinavian tradition?

3. On what date did King call for a Day of Penance to atone for an outbreak of racial violence in Albany?

4. The sit-in movement began in a lunch counter in what location?

5. An integrated dinner on 27 January 1965 that honored King was held where?

(see the answer key)

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