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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 did Clarence Jones tell MLK had raised fifty thousand dollars for bail bonds?
(a) Harry Belafonte.
(b) Arthur Shores.
(c) Wyatt Walker.
(d) Orzell Billingsley.

2. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?
(a) The complacency of the courts.
(b) The ignorance of the white leaders.
(c) The barring of Negros from eating at lunch counters.
(d) The slow pace of school desegregation.

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 Bull Conner had threatened some of the merchants.
(b) That the Negros didn't follow through with their end of the agreement.
(c) They didn't like that not all the merchants followed the agreement so they didn't want to follow it either.
(d) That they didn't think it would matter and so they went back on their agreement.

4. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?
(a) Being seen as different.
(b) A Negro going to jail.
(c) Being called names on the street.
(d) Businesses seperating areas for blacks and white.

5. What did Wyatt Walker confer with lawyers about?
(a) The city code on segregation.
(b) The city code on jail sentances.
(c) The city code on picketing.
(d) The city code on lunch counters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the beginning of the book, MLK states that the chill and frost were replaced by what type of spring?

3. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?

4. What was every volunteer in Birmingham required to sign?

5. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to endure how?

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