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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31: The Poor People's Campaign, Chapter 32: Unfulfilled Dreams.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a Ku Klux Klan meeting take place relative to the bombs being having been set?
(a) One night before.
(b) Just prior to the bombings that night.
(c) Shortly following.
(d) Two nights before.

2. Why did King maintain that those who set bombs on 11 May 1963 had selected a night and time during which customers were leaving closing bars in a black neighborhood?
(a) To achieve the most death and injury.
(b) To stir rioting.
(c) To instigate most fear.
(d) To cause greatest disorder.

3. When did the U.S. Supreme Court declare segregation laws unconstitutional?
(a) October, 1956.
(b) December, 1956.
(c) November, 1956.
(d) September, 1956.

4. White youths murdered a black boy who rode his bicycle while on the same day, a black girl was killed on the streets by whom?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) Ku Klux Klan members.
(c) The Police.
(d) White men.

5. King stated his life would not have been in vain if what?
(a) "If I can do my duty as a Christian ought."
(b) "If I am able to bring peace to a world wreaked with war."
(c) "If I spread love and peace in a determined fashion."
(d) "If I am genuine in spreading nonviolence and Christian faith."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did King and other civil rights leaders meet with Eisenhower?

3. After he explained why he was responding to their letter, what was the first item King addressed?

4. Although King saw President Johnson as being supportive of the Civil Rights Act, how did he describe President Johnson's view about protections its passage would provide blacks?

5. In addition to King, how many people were indicted in Montgomery on antiboycott charges in February, 1956?

(see the answer key)

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