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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 did King and other MIA leaders unsuccessfully meet with whites in an attempt to resolve the bus issue?
(a) 22 December 1955.
(b) 12 December 1955.
(c) 5 December 1955.
(d) 17 December 1955.

2. King called Reverend Theodore Jemison for assistance as he had previously led a bus boycott where?
(a) Jackson, Mississippi.
(b) Birmingham, Alabama.
(c) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(d) Charleston, South Carolina.

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

4. What happened when King's home was bombed?
(a) The Police Commissioner stated he brought the bombing on himself.
(b) The Kings sustained only minor injuries.
(c) King denied an offer of bodyguards for protection.
(d) King purchased a handgun for protection.

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) 275.
(b) 200.
(c) 350.
(d) 425.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Although he never endorsed him, King felt Kennedy would make the better President for what reason?

4. King was arrested and jailed on what date for speeding during the "Get Tough" campaign?

5. King described which individual as his "closest associate and most trusted friend" from the start of the boycott?

(see the answer key)

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