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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Day in Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Negro Revolution is described as generating quietly just like what?
(a) An ocean wave.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Lightning.
(d) A river.

2. How many volunteers from the Negro community were willing to join the ranks and go to jail in Birmingham?
(a) 250.
(b) 150.
(c) 200.
(d) 350.

3. In the efforts of "Project C", what were the first targets?
(a) Public parks.
(b) Merchants.
(c) City hall.
(d) Lunch counters.

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

5. Nonviolent "soldiers" burnished their greatest weapons which consisted of their heart, their conscience, their courage and what other thing?
(a) Their sense of justice.
(b) Their boldness.
(c) Their devotion to family.
(d) Their desire to be a whole nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK states that a person would conclude that Birmingham had been in what type of slumber and had been trapped for decades?

2. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?

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. After the first three days of the lunch counter sit-ins, how many arrests had there been?

5. The merchants that were a part of the Senior Citizens Committee that met with the campaign leaders went back on their agreement. What was the rumor for the reason of what the merchants did?

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