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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Day in Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

2. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Custodians.
(c) Window cleaners.
(d) Nurses.

3. During the time of slavery, for what purpose were young Negro girls sold and used?
(a) As wives.
(b) As cooks.
(c) As maids.
(d) As breeders.

4. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK quotes a poet. Where does the poet say the blackness of nighttime collects?
(a) In our mouth.
(b) On the streets.
(c) In our hearts.
(d) On our love.

5. After the first three days of the lunch counter sit-ins, how many arrests had there been?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?

2. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?

3. What does MLK talk about in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963" that celebrates it's 100th birthday in 1963?

4. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?

5. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?

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