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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The Poor People's Campaign and Memphis, 1967-1968.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the most important person in King's life as a child?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His sister.

2. Where did King go to work on his book?
(a) England.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Jamaica.

3. Why did the Freedom Riders feel disappointed in King?
(a) He did not want to serve on their advisory panel.
(b) He refused to go along with them, citing his probation problems.
(c) He failed to mention them in a speech in Washington DC.
(d) He spent some of the money they had planned on using.

4. What compromise in Selma was King criticized for?
(a) Stopping the march until a settlement could be reached.
(b) Going on to Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(c) Not attending the march to the bridge.
(d) Turning around and returning to Brown Chapel.

5. The focus of the Birmingham protests was on what?
(a) A Baptist church.
(b) A bus station.
(c) Department stores.
(d) The courthouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?

2. In which city did the marchers first encounter hostility?

3. King announced that the Crusade for Citizenship would hold how many rallies simultaneously?

4. Who did King marry?

5. In what newspaper was an ad taken out to defend MLK, Jr.?

(see the answer key)

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