Why We Can't Wait Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Why We Can't Wait Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?
(a) April 10th, 1963.
(b) April 4th, 1963.
(c) April 2nd, 1963.
(d) April 3rd, 1963.

2. At the rate that integration of schools was going, what year would the integration of schools be a reality?
(a) 2054.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1982.
(d) 2011.

3. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch's daughter aids him in dispersing a mob by doing what?
(a) Calling the men by name.
(b) Reading from the Bible.
(c) Crying and begging the men to stop.
(d) Singing a song.

4. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?
(a) A fact.
(b) A real law.
(c) Followed.
(d) An occurance.

5. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?
(a) "Mayor for Birmingham is Elected."
(b) "Bull Connor Revisits Birmingham."
(c) "Our Hope is Here in Birmingham."
(d) "New Day Dawns for Birmingham."

6. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?
(a) Defeat and social movement.
(b) Time and action.
(c) Imagination and humbleness.
(d) Success and discovery.

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

8. The eighth requirement of a volunteer's pledge required the volunteer to refrain from the violence of fist, tongue, or what?
(a) Knife.
(b) Heart.
(c) Sword.
(d) Soul.

9. Who "ruled" Birmingham with terror and racist rule?
(a) Fred Shuttlesworth
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) George Wallace.
(d) Miles Anderson.

10. 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) Meditate on the teachings and life of Jesus.
(c) Pray for the saving grace of God.
(d) Exercise and stay in shape.

11. What is the name of Martin Luther King's wife?
(a) Jasmina.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Corretta.
(d) Julia.

12. During the Montgomery bus boycott what else were the Negros doing besides boycotting buses?
(a) Sitting in at lunch counters.
(b) Picketing businesses.
(c) Yelling for freedom from discrimination.
(d) Demanding jobs.

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

14. 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.

15. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?

2. Who offered up their apartment for the revolution/campaign leaders to meet in in New York City?

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

4. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?

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

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