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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Summer of Our Discontent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MLK state in his letter is the basic reason that he is in Birmingham?
(a) Because there is injustice in Birmingham.
(b) Because someone asked him to come.
(c) Because he could get a lot of exposure if he came to Birmingham.
(d) Because his wife wanted him to go.

2. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?
(a) April 4th, 1963.
(b) April 3rd, 1963.
(c) April 10th, 1963.
(d) April 2nd, 1963.

3. Who "ruled" Birmingham with terror and racist rule?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) Fred Shuttlesworth
(d) Miles Anderson.

4. When the young Negro started to ask someone to save him in the room filling with poisonous gas, why does MLK state that that person would care if the young Negro died?
(a) Because he freed the slaves long ago.
(b) Because he created all men as equals.
(c) Because he was a figure of civil rights.
(d) Because he was a Negro as well.

5. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?
(a) Room 15.
(b) Room 30.
(c) Room 20.
(d) Room 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference located?

2. Who was the prominent lawyer that had to leave the state after he delivered a speech after the Sunday school bombing?

3. 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?

4. MLK states that "academic freedom is a reality today" because who practiced civil disobedience?

5. What did Birmingham give up when they decided to close down the parks instead of having them integrated?

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