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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 is the sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?
(a) Willie Johnson.
(b) Lemon Jefferson.
(c) Al Hibbler.
(d) Mel Torme.

2. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?
(a) Compliance.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Confrontation.

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

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

5. At the rate that integration of schools was going, what year would the integration of schools be a reality?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2054.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the efforts of "Project C", what were the first targets?

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

4. What is the name of Martin Luther King's wife?

5. At the closing days of the Birmingham campaign, Negro children would run up to policemen asking them what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the invitational periods at the mass meetings for?

2. What is the new phenomenon that MLK mentions white men would gasp at?

3. 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.

4. What was George Wallace's inauguration vow?

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

6. What does MLK state that Bull Connor prided himself in?

7. 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?

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

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

10. What did people have to do after they volunteered and walked up front to shake hands with the leaders of the campaign?

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