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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Dr. King as he was signing books on September 20, 1958?
(a) He was stabbed.
(b) He was shot.
(c) He was verbally assaulted.
(d) He was punched.

2. Where were the lunch counter sit-ins conducted on August 19 by the NAACP?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Oklahoma City.
(c) California.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?
(a) Hattie Cotton Elementary School.
(b) The conference site for the MIA.
(c) Dr. King's home.
(d) Montgomery Bus Headquarters.

4. How long did it take for Dr. King's address to students at Berkeley (1957) to be published?
(a) Two years.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) One year.

5. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?
(a) December 5, 1955.
(b) December 1, 1965.
(c) October 1, 1965.
(d) October 1, 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?

2. On what date did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?

3. What became a pseudonym for the Civil Rights Movement?

4. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?

5. When did the African nation of Ghana acquire its independence from British rule?

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