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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bull Connor's Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch's daughter aids him in dispersing a mob by doing what?
(a) Calling the men by name.
(b) Reading from the Bible.
(c) Crying and begging the men to stop.
(d) Singing a song.

2. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?
(a) To divide it.
(b) To persuade them to your side.
(c) To wipe them out with nonviolence.
(d) To strategically place your powers in front of their faces.

3. At the closing days of the Birmingham campaign, Negro children would run up to policemen asking them what?
(a) Why people are different.
(b) To be carried on their shoulders.
(c) Why they don't like them.
(d) To be locked up.

4. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."
(b) "Let us go out and whip the world."
(c) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(d) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."

5. What did Wyatt Walker confer with lawyers about?
(a) The city code on segregation.
(b) The city code on picketing.
(c) The city code on jail sentances.
(d) The city code on lunch counters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to MLK in "The Sword That Heals," a southern state police officer is rarely punished for what?

3. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"

4. Who was MLK's executive assistant?

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

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