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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. King and Abernathy were convicted on 10 July 1962 of leading the Albany protest and began serving __________.
(a) A 90-day sentence.
(b) A 120-day sentence.
(c) A 45-day sentence.
(d) A 30-day sentence.

2. Who received a call from John F. Kennedy on 26 October 1960?
(a) Coretta Scott King.
(b) Governor S. Ernest Vandiver.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Judge Oscar Mitchell.

3. What happened when white police officers initially arrested King in Montgomery?
(a) They took him to jail where segregation persisted.
(b) They took him to jail and threatened to kil him.
(c) They took him to jail and refused to release him.
(d) They took him to jail where he was physically beaten.

4. 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?
(a) A previous unauthorized demonstration offense.
(b) A previous concealed weapon offense.
(c) A previous parking offense.
(d) A previous traffic offense.

5. Montgomery's Police Commissioner instructed taxi drivers not to do what during the bus boycott?
(a) Give blacks rides.
(b) Give blacks discount fares.
(c) Operate along bus routes.
(d) Give free rides.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Malcolm X assassinated on 21 February 1965?

3. What was the purpose of King's 13-point written instructions from jail in Selma, Alabama, to movement associates in February, 1965?

4. King spoke at the founding conference of what organization on 15 April 1960?

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

(see the answer key)

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