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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. At the rate that integration of schools was going, what year would the integration of schools be a reality?
(a) 2054.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1995.
(d) 2011.

2. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?
(a) 10 per cent.
(b) 9 per cent.
(c) 13 per cent.
(d) 4 per cent.

3. What did Birmingham give up when they decided to close down the parks instead of having them integrated?
(a) Their golf team.
(b) Their football team.
(c) Their baseball team.
(d) Their soccer team.

4. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to suffer how?
(a) Easily.
(b) Silently.
(c) Mournfully.
(d) Secretively.

5. The results of the March 5th election showed that no candidate had a clear victory. The city had to hold a run-off vote when?
(a) The fourth week in March.
(b) The third week in March.
(c) The second week in April.
(d) The first week in April.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nonviolent "soldiers" burnished their greatest weapons which consisted of their heart, their conscience, their courage and what other thing?

2. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?

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

4. What was the next stage of the "crusade" that began on April 6th?

5. 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?

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