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

2. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?
(a) Getting the groups more educated.
(b) Making signs.
(c) Sit-ins.
(d) Picketing.

3. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK quotes a poet. Where does the poet say the blackness of nighttime collects?
(a) In our mouth.
(b) In our hearts.
(c) On the streets.
(d) On our love.

4. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?
(a) New York Presbyterian Hospital.
(b) North General Hospital.
(c) South End Hospital.
(d) Harlem Hospital.

5. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to wait how?
(a) Nervously.
(b) Without question.
(c) Willingly.
(d) Patiently.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was MLK's executive assistant?

2. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?

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

4. Who said, "Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality"?

5. How many cities are mentioned to be in civil turmoil in the beginning of "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963"?

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