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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. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?
(a) Being called names on the street.
(b) Being seen as different.
(c) A Negro going to jail.
(d) Businesses seperating areas for blacks and white.

2. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?
(a) The complacency of the courts.
(b) The slow pace of school desegregation.
(c) The ignorance of the white leaders.
(d) The barring of Negros from eating at lunch counters.

3. When MLK decided to still march and asked Ralph Abernathy to join him. The group that was gathered in the Gaston Motel joined hands and began to sing what song?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) Climbing Jacob's Ladder.
(c) Oh Freedom.
(d) We Shall Overcome.

4. Who did MLK hope would have been in the running of the run-off vote?
(a) King and Walker.
(b) Boutwell and Conner.
(c) King and Conner.
(d) Boutwell and King.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?

2. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?

3. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch's daughter aids him in dispersing a mob by doing what?

4. When MLK writes a letter to his fellow clergymen, he tells them that he heard they have called his activities what?

5. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?

(see the answer key)

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