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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, The Fireman's Last Reprieve,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Martin Luther King competing for a position at Dexter church with?
(a) Jack White
(b) Alan McNamus
(c) Vernon Johns
(d) Walter McCall

2. Who takes over the running of the carpool?
(a) Rufus Lewis
(b) Vernon Johns
(c) Bob Moses
(d) Jack O'Dell

3. What kind of people did the Dexter Avenue Church attract?
(a) Uneducated people
(b) Poor people
(c) Angry people
(d) Highly intelligent people

4. Who is the Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election?
(a) Robert Kennedy
(b) Jackie Robinson
(c) James Elroy
(d) John Kennedy

5. Why is there a riot at the University of Alabama?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr. gives a speech on campus
(b) A Negro woman tries to enroll
(c) The KKK bomb a classroom
(d) The University hires a Negro teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martin Luther King initially intend to train for?

2. Who does Kennedy select as his running mate?

3. Why does Robert Kennedy begin to shy away from King?

4. Who did the government hire a hitman to kill?

5. What do the Nashville police threaten to arrest all protesters for?

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