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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the turnout like at the March to Washington?
(a) It exceeded expectations.
(b) It was less than expectations.
(c) It met expectations.
(d) It was much less than expectations.

2. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?
(a) Time.
(b) GQ.
(c) Sports Illustrated.
(d) Good Housekeeping.

3. Who did King visit with in New York about the Washington Pilgrimage?
(a) Michael du Bois.
(b) Andrew Joyce.
(c) Wayne Brown.
(d) Roy Wilkins.

4. How many people were arrested at the trial for the arrested SNCC train riders?
(a) 150.
(b) 400.
(c) 5000.
(d) 50.

5. King wanted the Birmingham protests to start after what?
(a) The elections.
(b) The March on Washington.
(c) The new year.
(d) The opening of a new department store.

6. In what newspaper was an ad taken out to defend MLK, Jr.?
(a) The Atlanta Gazette.
(b) The Alabama Reporter.
(c) The Chicago Defender.
(d) The New York Times.

7. What was one of the demands that MIA made of the city?
(a) The bus company should hire black drivers too.
(b) Buses should be reserved for blacks only.
(c) The buses should be filled front to back for blacks.
(d) White passengers should have to stand when blacks were present.

8. What did King want the Kennedy Administration to issue?
(a) Reparations for slavery.
(b) A Second Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) A segregation bill.
(d) An apology for Jim Crow.

9. Who was chosen as the organizational president?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) E.D. Nixon.
(c) Jo Ann Robinson.
(d) Ralph D. Abernathy.

10. Why did a riot break out?
(a) The state troopers had moved from the site of the bombings.
(b) Whites attacked several blacks on the way to church.
(c) The city went back on its agreement.
(d) The bombs killed 35 people.

11. The four major Civil Rights organizations joined together to create what organization?
(a) Voter Education Project.
(b) Freedom Riders Project.
(c) US Justice Project.
(d) Southern Racism Project.

12. What was not included in the boycotts in Albany?
(a) Public transportation.
(b) The library.
(c) Schools.
(d) Retail stores.

13. Who came to the attention of the FBI at the Youth March for Integrated Schools?
(a) Dexter.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Ruskin.
(d) Levison.

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

15. What happened to King at a book signing in New York?
(a) The store was bombed..
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He received the Nobel Peace Prize.
(d) He met the President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization removed King from office?

2. King was arrested when he tried to attend the trial of whose assailant?

3. At the meeting with Kennedy, the President told King to distance himself from whom?

4. What was King's tour called?

5. Who was hired to oversee the Crusade for Citizenship rallies, but then let go because of rumors of his homosexuality and communist connections?

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