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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. During the Montgomery bus boycott what else were the Negros doing besides boycotting buses?
(a) Sitting in at lunch counters.
(b) Yelling for freedom from discrimination.
(c) Demanding jobs.
(d) Picketing businesses.

2. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch's daughter aids him in dispersing a mob by doing what?
(a) Crying and begging the men to stop.
(b) Calling the men by name.
(c) Reading from the Bible.
(d) Singing a song.

3. Who is the dean of Negro leaders and responsible for proposing the March on Washington?
(a) John J. Maguire.
(b) A. Philip Randolph.
(c) Joachim Prinz.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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) Still left signs up that said, "no colored allowed."
(b) Appealed to the courts.
(c) Closed down the parks.
(d) Rioted in the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?

2. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?

3. During the time of slavery, Negroes were forbidden to associate with each other except in the case of what two things?

4. MLK suggests that the Negro had been brainwashed to accept what white man's theory?

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

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