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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 is defined as a movement that changes both people and institutions?
(a) A coholition.
(b) A revolution.
(c) A democracy.
(d) A campaign.

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

3. What is the dream that came true for MLK that he mentions at the end of "Black and White Together"?
(a) Bull Connor discovered that he had been overreacting about the Negro community.
(b) The city of Birmingham discovered a conscience.
(c) The city of Birmingham wanted to take down their Jim Crow signs.
(d) That Bull Connor resigned peacefully from office.

4. What does MLK state is the answer to the most desperate need of all humanity?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Unity.
(c) Nonviolence.
(d) Action.

5. Who was the N.A.A.C.P. secretary that the segregationists showed their hatred by assassinating?
(a) Whitney Young, Jr.
(b) Roger Blough.
(c) Roy Wilkins.
(d) Medgar Evers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many steps does MLK say that a nonviolent campaign has?

2. In "The Days To Come," MLK talks about Negros knowing political assassination well and that it was a common place thing to witness or hear about. What was the name of the person who was shot to death on the steps of a rural courthouse?

3. When the police ran out of paddy wagons to bring people in to the jail, what other two vehicles did they end up using to transport people?

4. When MLK appeared on the show, "Meet the Press," who appeared on the show with him?

5. As one of the first victims of the poison gas pellet, a young Negro started to say, "Save me" to who?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does MLK state that no revolution is like a ballet?

2. What significant change in employment patterns does MLK talk about taking shape?

3. Why does MLK state that "we were all involved with" John F. Kennedy's death?

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

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

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

7. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," who is the letter addressed to and why is it written?

8. 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?

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

10. What did scientific observers place in the sealed death chambers where poison gas was to be administered to the victims of capital punishment?

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