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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many black protesters marched on St. Augustine?
(a) 3,700.
(b) 9,500.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 2,400.

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

3. In his letter to the clergy, King described Birmingham as likely the most thoroughly segregated city where?
(a) In the U.S.
(b) In Alabama.
(c) In the South.
(d) In the world.

4. How many civil rights workers were reported missing following their arrests in June, 1964, in Philadelphia, Mississippi?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. The movement entered what area of Los Angeles which was occupied by the National Guard?
(a) Watts.
(b) Wilshire.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) Westside.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of his attorneys were allowed to visit King on Easter Sunday afternoon?

2. King sought as his legacy justice, he was good to both the oppressed and the poor, and strove to do right even when he was what?

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 noted that one of life's great agonies is when we attempt to finish what?

5. Where did Coretta meet Malcolm X on 5 February 1965?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King observe about Northern riots?

2. In the final chapter, what was it King recalled about his stabbing recovery?

3. In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, how did King address the eight ministers who questioned direct action?

4. What did King say about Selma, Alabama, in 1965?

5. What did King say in his address at the Atlanta dinner honoring his receipt of the Nobel Prize?

6. How did James Meredith meet Stokely Carmichael?

7. Why did King view the summer of 1963 as being historic?

8. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?

9. How did King view St. Augustine, Florida, in 1964?

10. How did King describe Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth?

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