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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Days to Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 disobeyed the court order.
(c) They sent a letter to city officials concerning their cause.
(d) They all sat on the courthouse steps.

2. Who was the N.A.A.C.P. secretary that the segregationists showed their hatred by assassinating?
(a) Roger Blough.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) Whitney Young, Jr.
(d) Roy Wilkins.

3. How did some of the spectators of the nonviolence acts react when they saw police brutality?
(a) By throwing rocks and bottles.
(b) By yelling and threatening the police officers.
(c) By turning their backs on the non-violent marchers.
(d) By helping up the beaten marchers.

4. What does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?
(a) The silence of the good people.
(b) The fear of the good people.
(c) The sinfulness of the bad people.
(d) The brutality of the bad people.

5. When six youngsters showed up to volunteer, where did Andy Young send them?
(a) To city hall.
(b) To the lunch counters.
(c) To the schools.
(d) To the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?

2. MLK suggests that the Negro had been brainwashed to accept what white man's theory?

3. What does MLK state is the answer to the most desperate need of all humanity?

4. As one of the first victims of the poison gas pellet, a young Negro started to say, "Save me" to who?

5. When MLK's wife was refused the opportunity to speak to her husband after he was placed in jail, who did she call?

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