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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. When Negros went to work they would eat in separate places and use what things labeled "colored"?
(a) The water fountain and tables.
(b) Tables and lavatory.
(c) The lunch counter and water fountain.
(d) The water fountain and lavatory.

2. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?
(a) Family.
(b) Physical force.
(c) The need to stay.
(d) Chains and rope.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?

3. In the beginning of the book, MLK states that the chill and frost were replaced by what type of spring?

4. The results of the March 5th election showed that no candidate had a clear victory. The city had to hold a run-off vote when?

5. Who were the actual competing candidates for the run-off vote?

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