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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the bus boycott not end when the bus company was losing so much money?
(a) The bus company prefered to go out of business.
(b) A judge ordered the continuation of the boycott.
(c) The Albany Movement wanted to crush the bus company.
(d) The city refused to compromise.

2. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?
(a) Ended all segregation.
(b) Established a Civil Rights commission.
(c) Dismissed all protest charges.
(d) Ended bus segregation only.

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

4. How many protesters were arrested during the first day of the Birmingham protests?
(a) 20.
(b) 140.
(c) 3.
(d) 275.

5. Why were SNCC members upset with King?
(a) They felt he was getting too much credit for the sit-ins.
(b) He tried to usurp the president of the group.
(c) He wanted to end the Freedom Rides.
(d) They felt he was doing too much in the organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Crusade for Citizenship was focused on what?

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

3. What did the NAACP tell its members?

4. Sherrod and Reagon moved their base of operations to which city?

5. In what state was the governor fighting integration of a high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

2. What did the white merchants do in Birmingham after the protests began?

3. What was the March on Washington?

4. How did the city of Montgomery react to the bus boycott?

5. Who was Rosa Parks? What was her connection to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

6. What happened to King in New York?

7. What happened at Birmingham's Bethel Baptist Church? What did King do about this?

8. How many rallies did King announce for the voter registration? What was the outcome of these rallies?

9. What was the Crusade for Citizenship? Who was not happy about this?

10. What was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s background like? What was his family like?

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