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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. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

2. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?
(a) Nurses.
(b) Custodians.
(c) Window cleaners.
(d) Lawyers.

3. When the Supreme Court modified its decision on school desegregation, what did it permit to corrupt its intent?
(a) Tokenism.
(b) Integration.
(c) Outside leaders.
(d) Somebodiness.

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

5. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Gerald Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK states that "Undeniably, the Negro had been an object of sympathy and wore" what type of scars?

2. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?

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

4. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?

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

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