Q 01/05

In which city was Martin Luther King Jr. born?

A) Montgomery, Alabama

B) Memphis, Tennessee

C) Washington, D.C.

D) Atlanta, Georgia

Answer · why

D) Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia. He was born at home in his grandparents' house, where his parents had moved in after their wedding, and the family stayed until his ...

Q 02/05

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s first name when he was born?

A) Marvin

B) Marcus

C) Michael

D) Matthew

Answer · why

C) Michael

Michael. His father, also born Michael, began using the name Martin Luther for them both while the boy was still small, but the birth certificate wasn...

Q 03/05

What was the name of Martin's older sister, who later wrote the picture book My Brother Martin?

A) Coretta

B) Christine

C) Alberta

D) Yolanda

Answer · why

B) Christine

Christine. She and Martin graduated from college on the very same day in 1948, and she went on to teach college students for 56 years.

Q 04/05

Martin started college at just 15 without ever attending which grade of school?

A) Seventh grade

B) Eighth grade

C) Tenth grade

D) Twelfth grade

Answer · why

D) Twelfth grade

Twelfth grade. With so many young men away at war, a local college opened its entrance exam to high school juniors, and Martin passed it at the end of...

Q 05/05

At 13, Martin became the youngest assistant manager of a delivery station for what?

A) A milk company

B) A grocery store

C) A bakery

D) A newspaper

Answer · why

D) A newspaper

A newspaper. He had been a paperboy since he was about eight, so by 13 he was already an old hand at the job.