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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Days to Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the police ran out of paddy wagons to bring people in to the jail, what other two vehicles did they end up using to transport people?
(a) Sheriff's cars and pick-up trucks.
(b) Taxis and school buses.
(c) Sheriff's cars and school buses.
(d) Taxis and pick-up trucks.

2. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?
(a) Compliance.
(b) Confrontation.
(c) Celebration.
(d) Comfort.

3. In "The Summer of Our Discontent," MLK states that our nation was born how?
(a) In anger.
(b) In violence.
(c) In genocide.
(d) In acceptance.

4. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."
(b) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(c) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."
(d) "Let us go out and whip the world."

5. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?
(a) Closed down the parks.
(b) Rioted in the streets.
(c) Appealed to the courts.
(d) Still left signs up that said, "no colored allowed."

Short Answer Questions

1. At the closing days of the Birmingham campaign, Negro children would run up to policemen asking them what?

2. Where were the after school meetings to be held that students were invited to attend?

3. Which of Jesus's apostles does MLK liken himself to in his letter to the clergymen?

4. What was every volunteer in Birmingham required to sign?

5. What was the name of the assistant deputy attorney general that the Attorney General dispatched on May 4th?

(see the answer key)

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