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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first requirement of a volunteer's pledge was to do what daily?
(a) Pray for the saving grace of God.
(b) Know the laws of the land and not break them.
(c) Exercise and stay in shape.
(d) Meditate on the teachings and life of Jesus.

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

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

4. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."
(b) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(c) "Let us go out and whip the world."
(d) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."

5. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?
(a) They all sat on the courthouse steps.
(b) They sent a letter to city officials concerning their cause.
(c) They appeared in court with all the volunteers following behind.
(d) They disobeyed the court order.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?

2. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?

3. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"

4. Who is the person in Bull Connor's Birmingham that had been jailed several times and had had his home and church damaged by bombs?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the questions that the girl and boy ask themselves?

2. What are some of the words that John F. Kennedy uttered on June 11th, 1963?

3. Why was the Negro's economic problem compounded by the emergence and growth of automation?

4. What two concentric circles of segregation does MLK state that Negros live in?

5. What were the mass meetings that were held in the Negro community, how many were there, and where were these meetings held?

6. In 1962, what did some of the students from Miles College and leaders of A.C.H.R. do together in Birmingham, and what were the results?

7. In the introduction of Why We Can't Wait, MLK talks about a young Negro girl. Describe the setting that MLK describes for this girl.

8. What does MLK mean when he states that the Negro knew what going to jail meant?

9. What happened soon after the Supreme Court had handed down a decree calling for desegregation of schools that discouraged MLK?

10. In the second section of Bull Connor's Birmingham, what does MLK state that the one threat to the reign of white supremacy in Birmingham was?

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