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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Day in Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?
(a) 13 per cent.
(b) 9 per cent.
(c) 4 per cent.
(d) 10 per cent.

2. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?
(a) Chains and rope.
(b) Family.
(c) Physical force.
(d) The need to stay.

3. When MLK and the other leaders returned to Birmingham after the run-off election, they tried to contact all their volunteers for a meeting. How many volunteers came out?
(a) About fifty.
(b) About forty-five.
(c) About seventy.
(d) About sixty-five.

4. There was a visiting statesman that waved his hand and stated that he was "aware of current events. I know everything you are telling me about what the white man is doing to the Negro." Where was this statesman from?
(a) India.
(b) Africa.
(c) South America.
(d) Europe.

5. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," how many years have gone by when MLK states that humiliation cannot be expected to find "voice in a whisper"?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) Two hundred fifty.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first three days of the lunch counter sit-ins, how many arrests had there been?

2. When MLK was autographing copies of his book in the Harlem department store, what was he stabbed with?

3. During the Montgomery bus boycott what else were the Negros doing besides boycotting buses?

4. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?

5. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?

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