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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. Where was King assassinated on 4 April 1968?
(a) The Johnston Motel, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
(b) The Tennessee River Motel, Decatur, Alabama.
(c) The Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee.
(d) The Howard Johnson Motel, Athens, Georgia.

2. On 26 July 1965 King led a march on Chicago City Hall and spoke before a rally sponsored by which organization?
(a) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
(b) Chicago's Coordination Council of Community Organizations (CCCO).
(c) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
(d) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

3. Where did angry whites attack a Civil Rights march in Chicago on 5 August 1967?
(a) In the Southeast side.
(b) In the Southwest side.
(c) In the Northwest side.
(d) In the Northeeast side.

4. King wanted President Johnson to continue these programs, but President Johnson was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.
(a) The Fair Society programs.
(b) The Progressive Society programs.
(c) The Successfull Society programs.
(d) The Great Society programs.

5. 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 cause greatest disorder.
(c) To instigate most fear.
(d) To stir rioting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many civil rights workers were reported missing following their arrests in June, 1964, in Philadelphia, Mississippi?

2. An integrated dinner on 27 January 1965 that honored King was held where?

3. More than how many youngsters were arrested in the Birmingham "Children's Crusade" between 2-7 May 1963?

4. How did King receive a letter from eight clergy members from all major faiths while in jail?

5. When was NAACP leader Medgar Evans assassinated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King view as democracy's most significant challenge?

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

3. Why did King and Abernathy leave jail in Birmingham?

4. King experienced what when he initially took his position on the war in Vietnam?

5. What did King relate about Malcolm X' being in Selma, Alabama, during the nonviolent movement and Malcolm X' comments to Coretta?

6. What reason did King give for his opting to work in Chicago in 1966?

7. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?

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

9. Just shy of a year before he was assassinated, what point did King indicate had been reached?

10. How did King describe life?

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