My Brother Martin

Where was Martin born?

• Ebenezer Baptist Hospital
• In Mississippi
• At Mother Dear's parents' home
• In a cab on the way to the hospital

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What point of view was used to tell this story?

• 1st Person (I, me, my)
• 2nd Person (you, your)
• 3rd Person (he, she, it)

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Whose perspective are we hearing in the story?

• Martin Luther King's
• His sister Christine's
• Mother Dear's
• His brother, A.D.'s

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Martin loved learning to play the piano.

• True
• False

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Martin and his brother & sister liked to scare people passing by their house by

• jumping off the front porch
• hiding & dangling grandmother's fur piece 

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What prank did Martin pull on his piano teacher?

• Loosened the legs on the piano bench
• Hid the sheets of music
• pretending to play the piano, but it was really a recording

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When he was a young child, Martin played with both white and black friends.

• True
• False

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When Mother Dear offered hope that someday it would be better, how did Martin respond?

• He cried and ran to his room.
• He said, "I have a dream."
• He said, "One day I'm going to turn this world upside down."

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How did Martin's father inspire him?

• He would not give up his seat to a white person on the bus.
• He always stood up for himself.
• He invited a white preacher to his church.

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Martin's father was a minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

• True
• False

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