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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) Singing a song.
(c) Reading from the Bible.
(d) Crying and begging the men to stop.

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

3. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," how many years have gone by when MLK states that humiliation cannot be expected to find "voice in a whisper"?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Two hundred fifty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

4. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) New York City.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Chattanooga.

5. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to endure how?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Mournfully.
(c) Remorsefully.
(d) Easily.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?

2. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?

3. There was a visiting statesman that waved his hand and stated that he was "aware of current events. I know everything you are telling me about what the white man is doing to the Negro." Where was this statesman from?

4. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?

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

(see the answer key)

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