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

2. Where was Malcolm X assassinated on 21 February 1965?
(a) In Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) In Harlem, New York City.
(c) In Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) In Washington, Distict of Columbia.

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

4. In the chapter about the Nobel Prize, King described his view of airline personnel and ranked which members as foremost?
(a) The flight attendants.
(b) The ground crew.
(c) The pilots.
(d) The co-pilots.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. King and Abernathy were convicted on 10 July 1962 of leading the Albany protest and began serving __________.

4. King called Reverend Theodore Jemison for assistance as he had previously led a bus boycott where?

5. The 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace was received by King, but whom did he feel truly deserved the award?

(see the answer key)

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