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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 the beginning of the book, MLK states that the chill and frost were replaced by what type of spring?
(a) Warm.
(b) Exuberant..
(c) Lazy.
(d) Placid.

2. Who said, "Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality"?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?
(a) A fact.
(b) An occurance.
(c) A real law.
(d) Followed.

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 seventy.
(c) About fifty.
(d) About sixty-five.

5. What did Birmingham give up when they decided to close down the parks instead of having them integrated?
(a) Their football team.
(b) Their baseball team.
(c) Their golf team.
(d) Their soccer team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wyatt Walker confer with lawyers about?

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

3. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?

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

5. What was one of the most important parts of the mass meetings according to MLK?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the days of slavery, how was suppression openly, scientifically, and consistently applied to the Negro population?

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. What happened to MLK while he was was at a Harlem department store signing copies of one of his books?

9. Shortly after the S.C.L.C. convention took place in September of 1962, how were Fred Shuttlesworth's fears justified?

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

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