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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. MLK talks about the fact that different organizations getting together for the unity of the movement is a remarkable feature of importance. He states that unity has never meant what?

2. What was the name of the assistant deputy attorney general that the Attorney General dispatched on May 4th?

3. Who said, "Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God"?

4. What does MLK state is the answer to the most desperate need of all humanity?

5. MLK states that the "summer of our discontent" brought white citizens closer into harmony with their Negro citizens instead of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does MLK say about injustice that explains why he felt like he needed to be involved with the city of Birmingham to help the civil rights movement?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Not much is mentioned about MLK's wife during the events of this book. Why do you think that is? Why do you think it was important for MLK to include her in the telling of him being in jail and her trying to call? Even though Coretta isn't mentioned much, how much influence do you think she had during the events in this book? How do you think Coretta King felt about her husband's intense involvement with the civil rights movement? How do you think Coretta showed her support to MLK? How do you think Coretta's support helped motivated MLK?

Essay Topic 2

Even though MLK would be considered the protagonist, how could the Negro population as a whole also be considered the protagonist? What kinds of conflicts do the Negroes face? What kind of conflicts with specific people do they face? What kind of conflicts with society do they face? What kind of conflicts with themselves do they face? Explain your answers and use specific information from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.?

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