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

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

3. 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 brutality of the bad people.
(d) The sinfulness of the bad people.

4. What does MLK talk about in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963" that celebrates it's 100th birthday in 1963?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(c) The Homestead Act.
(d) National Currency Act.

5. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?
(a) April 3rd, 1963.
(b) April 10th, 1963.
(c) April 4th, 1963.
(d) April 2nd, 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many volunteers from the Negro community were willing to join the ranks and go to jail in Birmingham?

2. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?

3. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?

4. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?

5. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?

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