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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24: The Nobel Peace Prize, Chapter 25: Malcolm X, Chapter 26: Selma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did King and other MIA leaders unsuccessfully meet with whites in an attempt to resolve the bus issue?
(a) 22 December 1955.
(b) 5 December 1955.
(c) 17 December 1955.
(d) 12 December 1955.

2. An integrated dinner on 27 January 1965 that honored King was held where?
(a) In St. Augustine.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Atlanta.
(d) In Birmingham.

3. Who received a call from John F. Kennedy on 26 October 1960?
(a) Coretta Scott King.
(b) Judge Oscar Mitchell.
(c) Governor S. Ernest Vandiver.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. How did Jimmie Lee Jackson die on 26 February 1965 in Marion, Alabama?
(a) Klan night riders beat him during a demonstration.
(b) Youths beat him during a demonstration.
(c) Police shot him during a demonstration.
(d) Police released a K-9 on him during a demonstration.

5. How long did King have to prepare what he considered the most important speech of his life?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace was received by King, but whom did he feel truly deserved the award?

2. What were among the false rumors spread about King?

3. What was the purpose of King's 13-point written instructions from jail in Selma, Alabama, to movement associates in February, 1965?

4. Where did Coretta meet Malcolm X on 5 February 1965?

5. On 15 December 1961, King arrived in Albany, Georgia, in response to a telegram from the head of what group?

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