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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. Where did King hold a prayer-in?
(a) Police headquarters.
(b) A motel restaurant.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) The library.

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

3. The SCLC teamed up with what organization to train students to teach citizenship schools?
(a) The Montgomery Voter Association.
(b) The Baptist Civic Organization.
(c) The American Cultural Club.
(d) The Highlander Folk School.

4. King announced that a Second Emancipation Proclamation would be delivered where?
(a) The White House.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The US Congress.
(d) The Mayor of Atlanta.

5. Who filed a federal court case that would challenge bus segregation head-on?
(a) Fred Gray.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Robert Graetz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert Kennedy got a federal injunction against which group to keep them from harassing the bus riders?

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

3. Who was murdered in his driveway on the night that Kennedy mobilized the Alabama National Guard?

4. King announced planned protests outside of what political event(s)?

5. What happened to King at a book signing in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What racial discrimination did King face at Crozer?

2. How did the city officials in Albany respond to the protests and boycotts?

3. Who was Stanley Levison? Why was the Kennedy campaign growing more concerned about King?

4. Why did activists see Albany as a good place to fight racial inequality?

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

6. What occurred in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960? How did King become involved?

7. Why was King sentenced to four months in jail?

8. What happened in King and Abernathy's trial in Albany? Why did they not serve the full sentence?

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

10. Why was there a rivalry between SNCC and NAACP? Describe how this affected the actions of the groups.

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