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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. When MLK and the other leaders returned to Birmingham after the run-off election, they tried to contact all their volunteers for a meeting. How many volunteers came out?
(a) About forty-five.
(b) About sixty-five.
(c) About seventy.
(d) About fifty.

2. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?
(a) Because they would not get to see their family.
(b) Because they would be sold to another owner.
(c) Because they would lose their job.
(d) Because they wouldn't be able to live in the master's house.

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

4. When MLK was autographing copies of his book in the Harlem department store, what was he stabbed with?
(a) A letter opener.
(b) A razor blade.
(c) A pocket knife.
(d) A pointed stick.

5. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?
(a) Room 15.
(b) Room 30.
(c) Room 40.
(d) Room 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?

2. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK states that the Negro protesters were advised to call off their efforts and put all their energy into what?

3. When MLK decided to still march and asked Ralph Abernathy to join him. The group that was gathered in the Gaston Motel joined hands and began to sing what song?

4. As a first step of the meetings with the white Senior Citizens Committee, some of the merchants agreed to remove what?

5. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?

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