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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sword That Heals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of the book, MLK states that the chill and frost were replaced by what type of spring?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Placid.
(c) Exuberant..
(d) Warm.

2. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?
(a) Liberty.
(b) To expect a severe beating.
(c) That you won't know where your next meal will come from.
(d) That your cause did not go unnoticed.

3. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?
(a) The slow pace of school desegregation.
(b) The ignorance of the white leaders.
(c) The barring of Negros from eating at lunch counters.
(d) The complacency of the courts.

4. During the Montgomery bus boycott what else were the Negros doing besides boycotting buses?
(a) Sitting in at lunch counters.
(b) Picketing businesses.
(c) Demanding jobs.
(d) Yelling for freedom from discrimination.

5. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?
(a) Imagination and humbleness.
(b) Success and discovery.
(c) Defeat and social movement.
(d) Time and action.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time of slavery, Negroes were forbidden to associate with each other except in the case of what two things?

2. During the time of slavery, for what purpose were young Negro girls sold and used?

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

4. How many cities are mentioned to be in civil turmoil in the beginning of "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963"?

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

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