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

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

3. What church does Reverend A.D. Williams take over?
(a) Frederick Douglas
(b) Abraham
(c) Ebenezer
(d) Dexter

4. Where did King and Coretta marry?
(a) At Coretta's parents' home
(b) At Dexter Baptist Church
(c) At Boston College
(d) At King's parents home

5. What did a group of Negroes form in 1877?
(a) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
(b) Black Power
(c) SNCC
(d) Maryland Baptist Group

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the preacher who caused a scandal in 1946?

2. Who does Robert Kennedy telephone in this chapter?

3. What do Kennedy and the heads of the Civil Rights groups create in New York?

4. In what state do the Freedom Riders encounter their first problems?

5. What reason does the sheriff give for shooting the black man?

(see the answer key)

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