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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. According to MLK in "The Sword That Heals," a southern state police officer is rarely punished for what?
(a) Not going to work.
(b) Abusing a Negro.
(c) Sleeping on the job.
(d) Jailing an innocent man or woman.

2. When MLK's wife was refused the opportunity to speak to her husband after he was placed in jail, who did she call?
(a) The city jail.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) Arthur Shores.

3. During the time of slavery, for what purpose were young Negro girls sold and used?
(a) As maids.
(b) As cooks.
(c) As wives.
(d) As breeders.

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

5. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?
(a) They appeared in court with all the volunteers following behind.
(b) They disobeyed the court order.
(c) They sent a letter to city officials concerning their cause.
(d) They all sat on the courthouse steps.

Short Answer Questions

1. When MLK was autographing copies of his book in the Harlem department store, what was he stabbed with?

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

3. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to suffer how?

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

5. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?

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