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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) 12 December 1955.
(b) 5 December 1955.
(c) 22 December 1955.
(d) 17 December 1955.

2. Following a press conference at the U.S. Senate, when was the only encounter King had with Malcolm X?
(a) On 6 June 1964.
(b) On 16 May 1964.
(c) On 5 April 1964.
(d) On 26 March 1964.

3. Where did Coretta meet Malcolm X on 5 February 1965?
(a) In Huntsville, Alabama.
(b) In Montgomery, Alabama.
(c) In Selma, Alabama.
(d) In Marion, Alabama.

4. On what day was Viola Gregg Liuzzo killed by Klan members as she drove marchers back from a 4-day march from Selma to Montgomery?
(a) 20 March 1965.
(b) 30 March 1965.
(c) 25 March 1965.
(d) 15 March 1965.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. King wanted to learn from what Scandinavian tradition?

2. When was King elected head of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)?

3. On what date did King's attorney arrange his release from prison?

4. King called Reverend Theodore Jemison for assistance as he had previously led a bus boycott where?

5. On 17 February 1960, King was charged with falsifying his Alabama income tax records for what years?

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