View a FREE sample

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. King described which individual as his "closest associate and most trusted friend" from the start of the boycott?
(a) Jack Crenshaw.
(b) Roy Bennett.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) E.D. Nixon.

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

3. On 17 February 1960, King was charged with falsifying his Alabama income tax records for what years?
(a) Both 1957 and 1958.
(b) Both 1956 and 1958.
(c) Both 1956 and 1957.
(d) Both 1957 and 1959.

4. Where did Coretta meet Malcolm X on 5 February 1965?
(a) In Huntsville, Alabama.
(b) In Montgomery, Alabama.
(c) In Marion, Alabama.
(d) In Selma, Alabama.

5. Civil rights leaders focused on Selma, Alabama, in 1965 as 15,000 blacks were eligible to vote there, but only how many were registered?
(a) 200.
(b) 425.
(c) 350.
(d) 275.

Short Answer Questions

1. On 25 October 1960, King's case was dropped for a sit-in a week prior, but he was taken to the state prison for violating probation of what?

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

3. What happened when King's home was bombed?

4. On what day was Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed by Klan members as she drove marchers back from a 4-day march from Selma to Montgomery?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 273 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample