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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21: Death of Illusions, Chapter 22: St. Augustine, Chapter 23: The Mississippi Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After being released from Harlem Hospital, in whose home did King start his convalescence?
(a) L. Harold DeWolf.
(b) Sandy F. Ray.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

2. After a tentative agreement was reached on 11 May 1963, segregationists bombed what locations?
(a) The Kings' motel and his brother's home.
(b) The homes of King's brother and Abernathy.
(c) The church of King's brother and Abernathy's home.
(d) The Kings' motel and his brother's church.

3. Coretta inherited a talent for what from her mother?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Counseling.
(c) Music.
(d) Teaching.

4. After he explained why he was responding to their letter, what was the first item King addressed?
(a) Why he was in Birmingham and their view against "'outsiders coming in.'"
(b) The four basic steps required by any nonviolent campaign.
(c) Their deploration of Birmingham demonstrations, not the causes of them.
(d) He related the events sequentially that led up to the demonstrations.

5. When did King and other civil rights leaders meet with Eisenhower?
(a) 23 August 1957.
(b) 23 June 1958.
(c) 23 August 1958.
(d) 23 June 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. What structure stood diagonally across the square from the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

2. What did King identify as the three remaining steps in any nonviolent campaign once an assessment of whether injustices existed has been determined?

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

4. King become head of what on 14 February 1957?

5. What happened when King's home was bombed?

(see the answer key)

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