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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black and White Together.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. MLK describes having to tell his six-year-old daughter something with stammered speech. What is it he's talking about having to tell "your" six-year-old daughter?
(a) Why white people beat the Negro people.
(b) That she can't go to a public park.
(c) That she can't eat at a regular lunch counter.
(d) That she can't drink from a normal water fountain.

2. When six youngsters showed up to volunteer, where did Andy Young send them?
(a) To the lunch counters.
(b) To the library.
(c) To city hall.
(d) To the schools.

3. Who was MLK's executive assistant?
(a) Wyatt Tee Walker.
(b) Tom King.
(c) Albert Boutwell.
(d) Fred Shuttlesworth.

4. 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.

5. Why does MLK say the Easter season was chosen as the time for direct-action?
(a) Because besides Christmas it is the main shopping period of the year.
(b) Because it was symbolic of Jesus rising on Easter morning.
(c) Because it was the time after the election.
(d) Because it helped the Negro community to remember their ties with God.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?

2. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?

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

4. How did some of the spectators of the nonviolence acts react when they saw police brutality?

5. Who is the sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?

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