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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the efforts of "Project C", what were the first targets?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Lunch counters.
(c) Public parks.
(d) City hall.

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

3. In 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?
(a) Look back at a white man, eye to eye.
(b) Stand up for injustice.
(c) Talk back to a white man.
(d) Take their children on a march.

4. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?
(a) North General Hospital.
(b) New York Presbyterian Hospital.
(c) South End Hospital.
(d) Harlem Hospital.

5. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?
(a) Getting the groups more educated.
(b) Picketing.
(c) Sit-ins.
(d) Making signs.

6. How many volunteers from the Negro community were willing to join the ranks and go to jail in Birmingham?
(a) 350.
(b) 250.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

7. The results of the March 5th election showed that no candidate had a clear victory. The city had to hold a run-off vote when?
(a) The fourth week in March.
(b) The second week in April.
(c) The first week in April.
(d) The third week in March.

8. MLK states that their "army" would sing but not do what?
(a) Slay.
(b) Murmer.
(c) Strike.
(d) Sit.

9. When Negros went to work they would eat in separate places and use what things labeled "colored"?
(a) The water fountain and lavatory.
(b) The water fountain and tables.
(c) The lunch counter and water fountain.
(d) Tables and lavatory.

10. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to endure how?
(a) Remorsefully.
(b) Quietly.
(c) Easily.
(d) Mournfully.

11. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?
(a) That you won't know where your next meal will come from.
(b) To expect a severe beating.
(c) That your cause did not go unnoticed.
(d) Liberty.

12. 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.

13. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?
(a) To divide it.
(b) To wipe them out with nonviolence.
(c) To strategically place your powers in front of their faces.
(d) To persuade them to your side.

14. There was a visiting statesman that waved his hand and stated that he was "aware of current events. I know everything you are telling me about what the white man is doing to the Negro." Where was this statesman from?
(a) South America.
(b) India.
(c) Europe.
(d) Africa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The eighth requirement of a volunteer's pledge required the volunteer to refrain from the violence of fist, tongue, or what?

2. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?

3. During the time of slavery, for what purpose were young Negro girls sold and used?

4. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?

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

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