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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. What does MLK state in his letter is the basic reason that he is in Birmingham?
(a) Because he could get a lot of exposure if he came to Birmingham.
(b) Because his wife wanted him to go.
(c) Because there is injustice in Birmingham.
(d) Because someone asked him to come.

2. How many affiliated organizations across the South does the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have?
(a) Eighty-five.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Seventy.

3. MLK describes having to tell his six-year-old daughter something with stammered speech. What is it he's talking about having to tell "your" six-year-old daughter?
(a) Why white people beat the Negro people.
(b) That she can't drink from a normal water fountain.
(c) That she can't go to a public park.
(d) That she can't eat at a regular lunch counter.

4. Who was the person during an interview of the Indian government's Prime Minister who asked, "But isn't that discrimination?" when the Prime Minister said that their schools were required to accept an untouchable over another person of high caste?
(a) Lawrence Reddick.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) John F Kennedy.

5. What kind of pace does MLK say they are taking to gain a cup of coffee at a lunch counter?
(a) A turtle's pace.
(b) A horse-and-buggy pace.
(c) A snail's pace.
(d) A maple syrup pace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MLK state is the answer to the most desperate need of all humanity?

2. MLK states that throughout their campaign they had been seeking to establish dialogue with the city leaders to negotiate how many major issues?

3. What is defined as a movement that changes both people and institutions?

4. What kind of acceptance does MLK say is more bewildering than outright rejection?

5. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Bull Connor asks his men to "turn on the hoses" on the Negros marching to a prayer meeting, MLK describes the event as one of the most fantastic events of the Birmingham story. Why?

2. How many people were involved with the March on Washington, and what kind of people were involved?

3. What did approximately 125 business leaders see when they left for lunch during the May 7th Senior Citizens Committee meeting?

4. What does MLK say about injustice that explains why he felt like he needed to be involved with the city of Birmingham to help the civil rights movement?

5. In what case does MLK mention that it wouldn't profit a Negro parent to send his or her child to an integrated school?

6. What are the four basic steps in any nonviolent campaign that MLK mentions?

7. When MLK talks about the number of S.C.L.C. affiliates jumping from 85 to 100, he mentions that more than one million Americans attended solidarity demonstrations in what cities?

8. What did MLK wonder about the media writers when they accused the campaign officials of "using" their children "in this fashion"?

9. Why does MLK state that they could thank the segregationists for the revolution that started in Birmingham?

10. When MLK is discussing the difference between a revolt and a revolution, what does he state a revolt is?

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