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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. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?
(a) Nurses.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Window cleaners.
(d) Custodians.

2. 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.

3. MLK states that "Undeniably, the Negro had been an object of sympathy and wore" what type of scars?
(a) Scars of a failed past.
(b) Scars of deep grievances.
(c) Scars of a remorseful upbringing.
(d) Scars of terrible skeletons in the closet.

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

5. What did governor George Wallace pledge to have forever in his inauguration vow?
(a) Togetherness.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Integration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the next stage of the "crusade" that began on April 6th?

3. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?

4. Who "ruled" Birmingham with terror and racist rule?

5. To the Negro in 1963 nonviolence could symbolize the "gold badge of heroism" rather than what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. Which two revolutions in history does MLK liken the civil turmoil and violence of the Negro's "battle" to?

5. What was George Wallace's inauguration vow?

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

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

8. 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?

9. How does MLK describe what it would be like to be a Negro baby born and brought up in Birmingham?

10. For years, why did the white segregationists say that the Negro was "satisfied"?

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