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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?

2. In the efforts of "Project C", what were the first targets?

3. Who was MLK's executive assistant?

4. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?

5. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was George Wallace's inauguration vow?

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

4. Why was the Negro's economic problem compounded by the emergence and growth of automation?

5. Which two revolutions in history does MLK liken the civil turmoil and violence of the Negro's "battle" to?

6. What does MLK state that Bull Connor prided himself in?

7. What kind of doctrine did the Negro ministers preach to their congregations about the fight for racial justice?

8. For years, why did the white segregationists say that the Negro was "satisfied"?

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

10. What happened to the United States senator who was visiting Birmingham to deliver a speech and walked through a door marked "Colored"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is your favorite person in the book? Why did this person appeal to you? What characteristics did you like about this person? Were there any characteristics you didn't like about this person? Why? What does this person add to the book, and how does this person relate to the events and to MLK? How would the events have changed if this person did not exist? Would anything remain the same if this person was absent? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions a man named Marcus Garvey. Who was Marcus Garvey, and what was his involvement with the Negro population in America? What type of movement did Garvey call for? Why does MLK state that Garvey's plan was doomed? Do you think most of the Negro population felt the same way? Why or why not? After the "death" of the Garvey movement, what was the new development that was conducted by the N.A.A.C.P.?

Essay Topic 3

In 1963 the United States was preparing to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Big productions were in the works for this celebration. What were some of the things that MLK mentions in Chapter 1 that the nation was going to do to celebrate this event? What kind of emotions and desires does this inspire in MLK? What kind of emotions and desires does this inspire in the Negro population as a whole?

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