Quiz on Martin Luther King Jr.

Which of the following is a main idea of the section called “Growing Up in the South”?

• King went to a segregated school with Black students.

• King grew up where Black people were treated unfairly.

• King lived in a Black neighborhood when he was young.

• King saw how unclean the places for Black people were.

Which of the following events in King’s life happened last?

• He got married.

• He finished college.

• He became a minister.

• He learned about a leader from India.

Rosa Parks was arrested because she _______.

• would not move for a white person

• rode on a bus for white people only

• helped Martin Luther King Jr. protest

• asked a Black person to give up their seat

What was the result of the protests in Montgomery, Alabama?

• Buses were no longer segregated.

• Schools became segregated again.

• Schools were no longer segregated.

• Black people could no longer ride on buses.

What happened during the Birmingham protests?

• King’s house got bombed.

• Black people got the right to vote.

• Protestors were stopped by the police.

• Protestors used fire hoses and attack dogs.

How was the protest in Montgomery different from the 1963 Birmingham protests?

• They protested King’s arrest in Montgomery, but they protested Parks’s arrest in Birmingham.

• They protested police in Montgomery, but they protested King’s arrest in Birmingham.

• They protested segregation in Montgomery, but they boycotted schools in Birmingham.

• They boycotted buses in Montgomery, but they protested segregation in Birmingham.

What was the purpose of King’s famous speech?

• to lead a march

• to plan a protest

• to ask for equality for all

• to fight for the right to vote

Which quote from the sidebar on page 14 best explains why protestors marched for voting rights for Black Americans?

• All Black people had the right to vote by 1920.

• Black voters were forced to take unfair tests or pay money before they could vote.

• Congress passed the Voting Rights Act to help fix these problems.

• Then a change was made to the law in 2013. The change allowed state leaders to pass new voting laws.

Why do people visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial today?

• because people are shocked about his death

• so that people can continue King’s work

• because King was killed in Tennessee in 1968

• so that people can remember and honor King

The author wrote this book _______.

• to teach readers how to be like Martin Luther King Jr.

• to show readers why Martin Luther King Jr. was killed

• to inform readers about the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

• to make readers want to visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial