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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Chicago and the 'War on Slums', 1965-1966.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which SNCC leader presented a Proposal for Action which would develop an army of sorts?
(a) Diane Bevel.
(b) Bob Moses.
(c) Ella Baker.
(d) John Lewis.

2. King learned of whose death as he left for a fundraising trip?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) President Johnson.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Rosa Parks.

3. What did the package delivered to the King home contain?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A letter from King to Stalin.
(c) Photos of King at a communist meeting.
(d) Recording from FBI wiretaps.

4. In October, the federal Office of Education stopped funding to which city's schools because of segregation?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

5. What was King's biggest concern about the murder?
(a) The escalating violence against Civil Rights advocates.
(b) The voter registration bill would not pass.
(c) SNCC would fall into a decline.
(d) That the culprit would not be caught.

Short Answer Questions

1. King's sentence was suspended on what condition?

2. Who took King's place as the president of MIA?

3. What did people blame King for?

4. Who was asked to vacate her seat on a city bus for a white passenger?

5. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?

(see the answer key)

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