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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which college did King attend?
(a) Georgetown University.
(b) Emory University.
(c) University of Georgia..
(d) Morehouse College.

3. In February 1959, King and his wife traveled to see sites made famous by whom?
(a) Genghis Khan.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Ghandi.
(d) King Tut.

4. Why did negotiations fail with the city officials?
(a) They refused to drop the charges against the protesters.
(b) They refused to set up a biracial committee.
(c) They refused to stop using fire hoses on protesters.
(d) They refused to desegregate the city government.

5. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?
(a) Grant.
(b) Wilkins.
(c) Rustin.
(d) Abernathy.

6. Why did Rustin resign?
(a) He was recovering from stab wounds after a woman attacked him.
(b) Rustin was caught at a communist meeting.
(c) He was angry with King about the direction of the SCLC.
(d) Clayton threatened to say that Rustin and King were lovers.

7. What organization was formed in Albany to fight racism?
(a) The Albany Movement.
(b) The Southern Christian Coordinating Committee.
(c) NAACP.
(d) Students for Change.

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

9. What did Connor use on the protesters?
(a) Police dogs.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Stun guns.

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

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

12. Who was murdered in his driveway on the night that Kennedy mobilized the Alabama National Guard?
(a) Roy Wilkins.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Medgar Evers.

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

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

15. King was invited to be a guest on which program?
(a) Dateline.
(b) 60 Minutes.
(c) Newshour.
(d) Meet the Press.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organizations did the students form out of the lunch counter sit-ins?

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

3. The white merchants resisted what aim?

4. The bus boycott took away what percentage of bus riders?

5. On February 1, 1960, how many students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro?

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