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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black and White Together.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. MLK states that throughout their campaign they had been seeking to establish dialogue with the city leaders to negotiate how many major issues?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?
(a) Congratulate the winner.
(b) Embrace the newly elected Mayor.
(c) Move out of their City Hall offices.
(d) Acknowledge the people that voted for them.

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) John Drew.
(b) A.G. Gaston.
(c) Edward Gardner.
(d) Arthur Shores.

4. During the time of slavery, Negroes were forbidden to associate with each other except in the case of what two things?
(a) Weddings and funerals.
(b) Funerals and celebrations.
(c) Birthdays and weddings.
(d) Birthdays and funerals.

5. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?
(a) "Evil."
(b) "Stop."
(c) "Never."
(d) "Someday."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?

3. Who did MLK hope would have been in the running of the run-off vote?

4. What did Birmingham give up when they decided to close down the parks instead of having them integrated?

5. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," how many years have gone by when MLK states that humiliation cannot be expected to find "voice in a whisper"?

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