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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. A day was set as "D" day, when students would go to jail in historical numbers. What day was "D" day?
(a) May 1st.
(b) May 2nd.
(c) May 3rd.
(d) May 4th.

2. 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) That Bull Connor resigned peacefully from office.
(d) The city of Birmingham wanted to take down their Jim Crow signs.

3. Who is the dean of Negro leaders and responsible for proposing the March on Washington?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) John J. Maguire.
(c) A. Philip Randolph.
(d) Joachim Prinz.

4. What does MLK see as the great stumbling block that the Negros face?
(a) The Ku Klux Klanner.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) The White Citizen's Counciler.
(d) The white moderate.

5. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?
(a) "Someday."
(b) "Never."
(c) "Stop."
(d) "Evil."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who was the N.A.A.C.P. secretary that the segregationists showed their hatred by assassinating?

3. In "The Summer of Our Discontent," MLK states that our nation was born how?

4. In the beginning of "The Summer of Our Discontent," what famous person does MLK mention came to join the ranks of people?

5. By the end of April, the attitude of the national press had changed, and the coverage the campaign received was what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the two reasons that MLK accepted bond to come out of jail in the beginning of "Black and White Together"?

2. How does MLK describe the "two" John Kennedys that he knew?

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

4. What does MLK say is the difference between just laws and unjust laws?

5. What does MLK state that the American Negro knows through painful experience?

6. What did MLK and the S.C.L.C. officers want to do to bring a new dynamic to the campaign that would receive criticism?

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 is the relevant question that MLK mentions that must be asked to atone for the injustices the Negro has faced in the past?

9. What does MLK mention in "The Days to Come" that would immediately transform the conditions of Negro life?

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

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