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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. The first requirement of a volunteer's pledge was to do what daily?
(a) Know the laws of the land and not break them.
(b) Pray for the saving grace of God.
(c) Meditate on the teachings and life of Jesus.
(d) Exercise and stay in shape.

2. MLK mentions that the nation could not have been more amazed if what type of machines had turned human and stalked the lands?
(a) Skyscraper-size.
(b) House-size.
(c) Horse-size.
(d) Room-size.

3. As a first step of the meetings with the white Senior Citizens Committee, some of the merchants agreed to remove what?
(a) The jim-crow signs from their stores.
(b) The Bull Conner signs from their stores.
(c) Signs with only white people on them.
(d) The food and drinks that the Negro community didn't like.

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

5. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?
(a) Edward Gardner.
(b) Arthur Shores.
(c) A.G. Gaston.
(d) John Drew.

Short Answer Questions

1. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?

2. What was one of the most important parts of the mass meetings according to MLK?

3. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?

4. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?

5. When the crusade started marching from Zion Hill church, how far were they permitted to march?

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