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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 MLK talks of the good will withering he tells of the City Council refusing to do what?

2. MLK talks of people wondering "what the Negro will expect as he gains rights" and he likens the Negro people demanding more to what person?

3. Who said, "I wish he'd been carried away in a hearse" after they had heard that Fred Shuttlesworth was injured?

4. MLK talks about the positive growth of the movement, and supporters were increasing from white and Negro people. The number of S.C.L.C. affiliates jumped from 85 to what?

5. What does MLK quote St. Augustine as saying about an unjust law?

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. What did MLK wonder about the media writers when they accused the campaign officials of "using" their children "in this fashion"?

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

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

5. Why does MLK state that "we were all involved with" John F. Kennedy's death?

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

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

8. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," who is the letter addressed to and why is it written?

9. After Bull Connor asks his men to "turn on the hoses" on the Negros marching to a prayer meeting, MLK describes the event as one of the most fantastic events of the Birmingham story. Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After MLK and the other leaders had decided to lead a demonstration on April 12th, they received what type of bad news? What did this news do to the hopefulness of the leaders? Why was MLK told that he could not go to jail now? What did MLK think about when he was presented with this news? MLK states that he walked to another room by himself. He says, "I think I was standing also at the center of all that my life had brought me to be." What does he mean by these words? Why did MLK not back down after the bad news, and why did he decide that he would have to go to jail if needed?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of your favorite words that MLK writes? Why did these words appeal to you more than others? What kind of feelings did these words evoke in you as a reader? How do you think MLK was feeling at the time he wrote these particular words? Explain the reason for picking the particular excerpts. How do you think MLK changed as a person during the events of this book? Explain your reasoning by using specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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