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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?
(a) Eating an ice cream cone.
(b) Riding his bicycle.
(c) Playing kickball with some friends.
(d) Kicking a can around the neighborhood.

2. Who is the dean of Negro leaders and responsible for proposing the March on Washington?
(a) John J. Maguire.
(b) Joachim Prinz.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) A. Philip Randolph.

3. Who said, "Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God"?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Paul.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

4. When the police ran out of paddy wagons to bring people in to the jail, what other two vehicles did they end up using to transport people?
(a) Taxis and pick-up trucks.
(b) Taxis and school buses.
(c) Sheriff's cars and school buses.
(d) Sheriff's cars and pick-up trucks.

5. Who said, "Dammit. Turn on the hoses."?
(a) Charles Billups.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Bull Connor.
(d) Jim Bevel.

6. Who was the person during an interview of the Indian government's Prime Minister who asked, "But isn't that discrimination?" when the Prime Minister said that their schools were required to accept an untouchable over another person of high caste?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) John F Kennedy.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Lawrence Reddick.

7. What day did the newspapers show pictures of woman on the ground with policemen bending over them with raised clubs and children being faced by dogs?
(a) May 5th.
(b) May 3rd.
(c) May 2nd.
(d) May 4th.

8. Why does MLK say the Easter season was chosen as the time for direct-action?
(a) Because it helped the Negro community to remember their ties with God.
(b) Because besides Christmas it is the main shopping period of the year.
(c) Because it was symbolic of Jesus rising on Easter morning.
(d) Because it was the time after the election.

9. What kind of pace does MLK say they are taking to gain a cup of coffee at a lunch counter?
(a) A horse-and-buggy pace.
(b) A turtle's pace.
(c) A snail's pace.
(d) A maple syrup pace.

10. What kind of acceptance does MLK say is more bewildering than outright rejection?
(a) Hidden.
(b) Various.
(c) Undecided.
(d) Lukewarm.

11. MLK states that when anyone would speak with President Eisenhower about racial justice they would come away with what?
(a) Postive outlook on the future of the nation.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Mixed emotions.
(d) A feeling of power.

12. What was the name of the assistant deputy attorney general that the Attorney General dispatched on May 4th?
(a) Charles Billups.
(b) Burke Marshall.
(c) Joseph F. Dolan.
(d) Bull Connor.

13. What does MLK state that the American Negroes said after they "shook off three hundred years of psychological slavery"?
(a) "We are in the right position to win."
(b) "We can make ourselves free."
(c) "We are human beings too and deserve the chance for change."
(d) "We shall overcome."

14. MLK states that white people don't understand that it is no more possible to be half free than what?
(a) Exuberant because of loss.
(b) Happy with nothing.
(c) Half alive.
(d) Half dead.

15. What does MLK see as the great stumbling block that the Negros face?
(a) The white moderate.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) The White Citizen's Counciler.
(d) The Ku Klux Klanner.

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK states that the segregationists introduced a new and barbarous weapon on the Negros. What was this weapon?

2. MLK talks about the fact that different organizations getting together for the unity of the movement is a remarkable feature of importance. He states that unity has never meant what?

3. Who was the prominent lawyer that had to leave the state after he delivered a speech after the Sunday school bombing?

4. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?

5. When the young Negro started to ask someone to save him in the room filling with poisonous gas, why does MLK state that that person would care if the young Negro died?

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