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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the first African American to challenge interstate travel bans?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Stokely Carmichael.
(c) Emmett Till.
(d) T. McCants Stewart.

2. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?
(a) Ernest Green.
(b) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(c) Charles K. Steele.
(d) Stokeley Carmichael.

3. What is the date notated at the beginning of Chapter 3, "The Power of Nonviolence"?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1960.

4. What was the name of the march during which Dr. King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) March on Washington, D.C. for Liberty and Freedom.
(b) March on Washington, D.C. for Equality for All.
(c) March on Washington, D.C. for the African American Move From Minority.
(d) March on Washington, D.C. for Civil Rights.

5. What were the nicknames of the African Americans who traveled from state to state even though they were prohibited from doing so because of white co-passengers?
(a) Freedom Challengers.
(b) Riders.
(c) Challengers.
(d) Freedom Riders.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?

2. What were the dates of the demonstration at Rainbow Beach in Chicago?

3. Who were Dr. and Mrs. King guests of during their stay in India?

4. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?

5. When did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) come into being?

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