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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Widespread racial violence between 11-15 August 1965 in Los Angeles, California, resulted in how many deaths?
(a) Between 20-29.
(b) Less than 10.
(c) Between 10-19.
(d) Over 30.

2. What phrase did King use to describe the approach the black community would follow in its pursuit of the Poor People's Campaign?
(a) "An effective, honorable, nonviolent movement."
(b) "An effective, militant, nonviolent movement."
(c) "An inspired, militant, violent movement as necessary."
(d) "A nonviolet movement, but as militant as necessary."

3. White youths murdered a black boy who rode his bicycle while on the same day, a black girl was killed on the streets by whom?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) White men.
(c) Ku Klux Klan members.
(d) The Police.

4. How did King respond to President Kennedy's having called Coretta over Easter weekend?
(a) Via letter.
(b) Via telephone.
(c) Via postcard.
(d) Via telegram.

5. How many black protesters marched on St. Augustine?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 3,700.
(c) 9,500.
(d) 2,400.

Short Answer Questions

1. A dynamite blast killed how many young black girls in Sunday school at Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church on 15 September 1963?

2. King believed that the poor in Los Angeles saw the riots as their only means of doing what?

3. King felt he could not conclude an account of the 6 weeks of protests in Birmingham without recognizing support which came from where?

4. King argued that opposing violence was pragmatic for what reason?

5. King indicated the war in Vietnam played havoc with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, how did King address the eight ministers who questioned direct action?

2. What did King stipulate about being jailed in Selma, Alabama?

3. How did King view Senator Barry Goldwater's nomination as the Republican Party's 1964 candidate for President?

4. How did King view St. Augustine, Florida, in 1964?

5. How did King describe Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth?

6. In the final chapter, what was it King recalled about his stabbing recovery?

7. What did King observe about Northern riots?

8. Why did King see "the poverty of conscience of the white majority in Birmingham" as being clearest at the child martyrs' funerals in September 1963?

9. How did King describe his experience in Birmingham?

10. Why did King view the summer of 1963 as being historic?

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