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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Montgomery Movement Begins, Chapter 8: The Violence of Desperate Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. City and bus officials felt the bus protest would pass quickly once what happened?
(a) The first rainy day arrived.
(b) Initial interest diminished.
(c) Protestors grew weary of walking.
(d) Volunteers tired of transporting.

2. When was Rosa Parks arrested?
(a) 20 November 1955.
(b) 1 December 1955.
(c) 26 November 1955.
(d) 6 December 1955.

3. How was King informed that he had been unanimously called to the pastorate of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) First-class mail.
(b) Telegram.
(c) Telephone call.
(d) Air-mail, special-delivery letter.

4. King indicated that what the world needed was a group of women and men willing to do what?
(a) Stand up for right, oppose wrong.
(b) Preach moral spirituality, denounce sin.
(c) Promote peace, oppose conflict.
(d) Teach socialism, reject communism.

5. King described which individual as his "closest associate and most trusted friend" from the start of the boycott?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Jack Crenshaw.
(c) Roy Bennett.
(d) E.D. Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. King described his mother as having been what?

2. King believed that, in order to advance forward, man had to step back and find what God?

3. King believed preaching should come from the people's experiences, and specified that he must know what about those he pastored?

4. What did King describe as the age-old problem faced by his mother and all black parents in America?

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

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