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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. When MLK decided to still march and asked Ralph Abernathy to join him. The group that was gathered in the Gaston Motel joined hands and began to sing what song?
(a) Climbing Jacob's Ladder.
(b) We Shall Overcome.
(c) Oh Freedom.
(d) Amazing Grace.

2. MLK suggests that the Negro had been brainwashed to accept what white man's theory?
(a) That the Negros weren't educated enough to know what they wanted.
(b) That the Negro community did not know how to survive without the white man.
(c) That the white man would rule this land forever.
(d) That he, as a Negro, was inferior.

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

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

5. What did Wyatt Walker confer with lawyers about?
(a) The city code on jail sentances.
(b) The city code on lunch counters.
(c) The city code on segregation.
(d) The city code on picketing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?

3. During the Montgomery bus boycott what else were the Negros doing besides boycotting buses?

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

5. What was one of the most important parts of the mass meetings according to MLK?

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