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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Bio and Timeline Quiz

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?

a)

Greensboro, North Carolina

b)

Fazhou, China

c)

Atlanta, Georgia

d)

Memphis, Tennessee

2.

When was MLK born?

a)

1928

b)

1929

c)

1939

d)

1968

3.

How many grades did Martin Luther King, Jr. skip in high school?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

all of them

4.

How old was MLK when he started college?

a)

18

b)

21

c)

15

d)

16

5.

What year did MLK start college?

a)

1948

b)

1929

c)

1944

d)

1968

6.

Where did MLK and his wife meet?

a)

As a child

b)

College

c)

Prison

d)

Church

7.

What was the name of MLK's wife?

a)

Bernice King

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Coretta Scott King

d)

John F. Kennedy

8.

How many children did MLK and Coretta Scott King have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

9.

What year did MLK receive his PhD from Boston University?

a)

1954

b)

1955

c)

1963

10.

What does "boycott" mean? (2 correct!)

a)

to give your money away

b)

to protest

c)

to stop buying or using services from a company

d)

to be a boy

11.

How did the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama begin?

a)

MLK's wedding to Coretta

b)

"I Have a Dream" speech

c)

Rosa Parks was arrested

12.

Where was MLK arrested in 1963?

a)

Greensboro, NC

b)

Nashville, TN

c)

Birmingham, AL

13.

Where did MLK deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

a)

Nashville, TN

b)

Atlanta, GA

c)

Washington, D.C.

14.

About how many people were in the crowd on the March on Washington?

a)

15,000

b)

100,000

c)

200,000

d)

1

15.

What year did MLK receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

a)

1959

b)

1964

c)

1965

16.

Why did MLK win the Nobel Peace Prize?

a)

his work with the Civil Rights Movement

b)

his work with Rosa Parks

c)

he wanted it

d)

he found it

17.

MLK was the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

18.

How old was MLK when he was assassinated?

a)

36

b)

39

c)

40

d)

1964

19.

Who killed MLK?

a)

His Dad

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

James Earl Ray

20.

Where did MLK die?

a)

Montgomery, AL

b)

Dallas, TX

c)

Memphis, TN

d)

Nashville, TN

21.

MLK would not have liked bullies.

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

22.

”Martin Luther King did one of the greatest jobs to achieve peace around the world."

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

23.

MLK was poisoned in his hotel room in the morning when he was eating his breakfast.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Martin Luther King, Jr. worked for equality and civil rights for almost all of his life.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

MLK's most famous speech is the "I Have a Dream" speech.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which answer choices are NOT TRUE about MLK?

a)

He thought money was the most important.

b)

He was a mean person that didn't help people.

c)

He had 5 children.

d)

He believed in nonviolence.

27.

What was of of MLK's famous speeches?

a)

I have a house

b)

I have a dream

c)

I have a bed

28.

What were 2 of the racist scenes that motived MLK against racism?

a)

Rosa Parks' was arrested on the bus.

b)

Black students were blocked from school.

c)

Everyone was treated equally.

29.

Why do we celebrate MLK Day as a national holiday?

a)

To show equality.

b)

To show hatred.

c)

To show respect.

30.

What is an example of civil rights?

a)

Everyone gets the same food.

b)

Everyone can have a job.

31.

When did MLK give his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

a)

1955

b)

1957

c)

1963

32.

Who carried on MLK's work after his death?

a)

His wife

b)

His children

c)

Both of the above