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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. The merchants that were a part of the Senior Citizens Committee that met with the campaign leaders went back on their agreement. What was the rumor for the reason of what the merchants did?
(a) That the Negros didn't follow through with their end of the agreement.
(b) That Bull Conner had threatened some of the merchants.
(c) They didn't like that not all the merchants followed the agreement so they didn't want to follow it either.
(d) That they didn't think it would matter and so they went back on their agreement.

2. What does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?
(a) The sinfulness of the bad people.
(b) The fear of the good people.
(c) The brutality of the bad people.
(d) The silence of the good people.

3. Who was the prominent lawyer that had to leave the state after he delivered a speech after the Sunday school bombing?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Roy Wilkins.
(c) Charles Morgan.
(d) John Lewis.

4. MLK describes having to tell his six-year-old daughter something with stammered speech. What is it he's talking about having to tell "your" six-year-old daughter?
(a) That she can't eat at a regular lunch counter.
(b) That she can't drink from a normal water fountain.
(c) Why white people beat the Negro people.
(d) That she can't go to a public park.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MLK state in his letter is the basic reason that he is in Birmingham?

2. As a first step of the meetings with the white Senior Citizens Committee, some of the merchants agreed to remove what?

3. What is defined as a movement that changes both people and institutions?

4. Who was the N.A.A.C.P. secretary that the segregationists showed their hatred by assassinating?

5. When Negros went to work they would eat in separate places and use what things labeled "colored"?

(see the answer key)

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