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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. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?

2. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?

3. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?

4. When MLK's wife was refused the opportunity to speak to her husband after he was placed in jail, who did she call?

5. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the first major decision that the planning committee faced when they were discussing "Project C," and what was the conclusion they came to?

4. What two concentric circles of segregation does MLK state that Negros live in?

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

6. In 1962, what did some of the students from Miles College and leaders of A.C.H.R. do together in Birmingham, and what were the results?

7. How does MLK describe what it would be like to be a Negro baby born and brought up in Birmingham?

8. With the number of volunteers increasing after the boycott of Birmingham businesses, what other campaigns were the demonstrators able to accomplish?

9. In the introduction of Why We Can't Wait, MLK talks about a young Negro girl. Describe the setting that MLK describes for this girl.

10. How does MLK describe tokenism as thwarting the dreams of the Negro population's dreams and aspirations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think MLK named the last chapter "The Days to Come"? What are some of the key points and events in this chapter? Who are some of the key individuals mentioned? What does MLK propose in his idea of a Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged? Why does he think this idea would be the best solution?

Essay Topic 2

In this book there are times when the reader can learn interesting facts about things that they might not have known previously. What things in the book are educational, and what new things did you learn? Was there anything you learned that you had never heard of? If so, what was it? Were there particular things that you had heard of but learned about in more detail? If so, what things were they?

Essay Topic 3

In the book we meet an individual named Harry Belafonte. He is a friend of MLK and a supporter of the S.C.L.C. What significance does Belafonte have? MLK describes Belafonte as being totally involved in anything he takes on. How was he involved with the campaign? How was Belafonte involved when MLK was sent to jail? Do you think Belafonte was just involved because MLK was an old friend? What hope do you think he saw in the campaign in Birmingham?

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