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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Birth of the SCLC, 1957-1959.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was left on King's front porch in January, 1957?
(a) A dead rabbit.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) A lawsuit over the boycott.
(d) Hate mail.

2. King's father and grandfather were involved in what profession?
(a) Preachers.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Farmers.

3. King announced that the Crusade for Citizenship would hold how many rallies simultaneously?
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 5.
(d) 100.

4. Who filed a federal court case that would challenge bus segregation head-on?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Robert Graetz.
(c) Fred Gray.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. Why was the first meeting about the bus boycott somewhat disastrous?
(a) The bomb that was found.
(b) The ego of the leaders.
(c) The police who showed up to arrest King.
(d) The small number of people who attended.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did King and his family move to?

2. Who was discovered to have been sent to Montgomery by a New York organization?

3. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?

4. Who was chosen as the organizational president?

5. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?

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