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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. In "The Days To Come" MLK states that it wasn't until when that the Army began to understand that the white man in uniform must respect a black man in uniform?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The March on Washington.
(d) The Korean War.

2. President Kennedy once said something to MLK in the White House about not being too harsh on the judgment of someone. Who was the person that President Kennedy was speaking about?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Bull Connor.

3. MLK states that white people don't understand that it is no more possible to be half free than what?
(a) Happy with nothing.
(b) Exuberant because of loss.
(c) Half alive.
(d) Half dead.

4. MLK states that he and his group possessed the most formidable weapon of all. What was this weapon he spoke of?
(a) No more acceptance of brutality.
(b) Unity.
(c) Non-violence.
(d) The conviction that we were right.

5. When the police ran out of paddy wagons to bring people in to the jail, what other two vehicles did they end up using to transport people?
(a) Taxis and school buses.
(b) Sheriff's cars and school buses.
(c) Sheriff's cars and pick-up trucks.
(d) Taxis and pick-up trucks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Negros went to work they would eat in separate places and use what things labeled "colored"?

3. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?

4. MLK tells the clergymen in his letter that anyone who lives where can never be considered an outsider?"

5. What does MLK say was one of the wisest moves they made in the campaign?

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