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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Rosa Parks.

2. In the efforts of "Project C", what were the first targets?
(a) Public parks.
(b) Lunch counters.
(c) City hall.
(d) Merchants.

3. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?
(a) They appeared in court with all the volunteers following behind.
(b) They sent a letter to city officials concerning their cause.
(c) They disobeyed the court order.
(d) They all sat on the courthouse steps.

4. What was every volunteer in Birmingham required to sign?
(a) A Peace Letter.
(b) A Commitment Card.
(c) A Pledge to March.
(d) A Letter of Intent.

5. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?
(a) South End Hospital.
(b) New York Presbyterian Hospital.
(c) North General Hospital.
(d) Harlem Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?

2. The eighth requirement of a volunteer's pledge required the volunteer to refrain from the violence of fist, tongue, or what?

3. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?

4. What does MLK talk about in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963" that celebrates it's 100th birthday in 1963?

5. At the rate that integration of schools was going, what year would the integration of schools be a reality?

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