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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. MLK tells the clergymen in his letter that anyone who lives where can never be considered an outsider?"
(a) The earth.
(b) The United States.
(c) The state of Alabama.
(d) Any of the southern states.

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

3. MLK states that the segregationists introduced a new and barbarous weapon on the Negros. What was this weapon?
(a) The shot gun.
(b) The electric cattle prod.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) The pocket knife.

4. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?
(a) Eating an ice cream cone.
(b) Riding his bicycle.
(c) Playing kickball with some friends.
(d) Kicking a can around the neighborhood.

5. 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 drink from a normal water fountain.
(b) Why white people beat the Negro people.
(c) That she can't eat at a regular lunch counter.
(d) That she can't go to a public park.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "The Summer of Our Discontent," what famous person does MLK mention came to join the ranks of people?

2. Who offered up their apartment for the revolution/campaign leaders to meet in in New York City?

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

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

5. What does MLK consider one significant element of the March on Washington?

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