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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Days to Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When MLK's wife was refused the opportunity to speak to her husband after he was placed in jail, who did she call?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) The city jail.
(d) Arthur Shores.

2. What does MLK say was one of the wisest moves they made in the campaign?
(a) Involving Birmingham's children.
(b) Having the marches during Easter.
(c) Starting with sit-ins.
(d) Targeting merchants.

3. The merchants that were a part of the Senior Citizens Committee that met with the campaign leaders went back on their agreement. What was the rumor for the reason of what the merchants did?
(a) That the Negros didn't follow through with their end of the agreement.
(b) That they didn't think it would matter and so they went back on their agreement.
(c) That Bull Conner had threatened some of the merchants.
(d) They didn't like that not all the merchants followed the agreement so they didn't want to follow it either.

4. At the rate that integration of schools was going, what year would the integration of schools be a reality?
(a) 2054.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1982.
(d) 2011.

5. What day did the newspapers show pictures of woman on the ground with policemen bending over them with raised clubs and children being faced by dogs?
(a) May 2nd.
(b) May 3rd.
(c) May 4th.
(d) May 5th.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?

2. MLK speaks about living in a society where the supreme law is rendered inoperative in vast areas of the nation. What is this supreme law that MLK speaks about?

3. There was a visiting statesman that waved his hand and stated that he was "aware of current events. I know everything you are telling me about what the white man is doing to the Negro." Where was this statesman from?

4. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?

5. Where are the headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference located?

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