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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. Who offered up their apartment for the revolution/campaign leaders to meet in in New York City?
(a) Wyatt Walker.
(b) Harry Wagner.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Harry Belafonte.

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

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

4. When MLK and the other leaders returned to Birmingham after the run-off election, they tried to contact all their volunteers for a meeting. How many volunteers came out?
(a) About forty-five.
(b) About fifty.
(c) About sixty-five.
(d) About seventy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?

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

3. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?

4. 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?

5. The first requirement of a volunteer's pledge was to do what daily?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the introduction of Why We Can't Wait, MLK mentions that he sees a young Negro boy. Describe the setting that MLK describes for this boy.

2. What happened to the United States senator who was visiting Birmingham to deliver a speech and walked through a door marked "Colored"?

3. What was the first major decision that the planning committee faced when they were discussing "Project C," and what was the conclusion they came to?

4. What phrase did Fred Shuttlesworth use to describe Albert Boutwell and why?

5. 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?

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

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. With the number of volunteers increasing after the boycott of Birmingham businesses, what other campaigns were the demonstrators able to accomplish?

9. 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?

10. How does MLK describe tokenism as thwarting the dreams of the Negro population's dreams and aspirations?

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