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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. By the end of April, the attitude of the national press had changed, and the coverage the campaign received was what?
(a) Bewildering.
(b) Encouraging.
(c) Sympathetic.
(d) Positive.

2. What day did the newspapers show pictures of woman on the ground with policemen bending over them with raised clubs and children being faced by dogs?
(a) May 5th.
(b) May 2nd.
(c) May 3rd.
(d) May 4th.

3. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?
(a) Eating an ice cream cone.
(b) Riding his bicycle.
(c) Kicking a can around the neighborhood.
(d) Playing kickball with some friends.

4. What does MLK quote St. Augustine as saying about an unjust law?
(a) That "an unjust law should only follow by those who make it."
(b) That "an unjust law is no law at all."
(c) That "an unjust law should be followed by law even if we don't like it."
(d) That "an unjust law is still a law."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pace does MLK say they are taking to gain a cup of coffee at a lunch counter?

2. President Kennedy once said something to MLK in the White House about not being too harsh on the judgment of someone. Who was the person that President Kennedy was speaking about?

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. Whose descendants showed up with banners saying, "Order Before Justice"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does MLK answer the questions of the clergymen of "Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Aren't negotiations better?"

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