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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. MLK proposes in "The Days To Come" that just like the GI Bill of Rights was awarded to war veterans, then what should be awarded to "our veterans of the long siege of denial"?
(a) A Bill of Rights for the Negro.
(b) A Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged.
(c) A Bill of Rights for the Underprivileged.
(d) A Bill of Rights for the Destitute.

2. During the time of slavery, for what purpose were young Negro girls sold and used?
(a) As cooks.
(b) As maids.
(c) As wives.
(d) As breeders.

3. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?
(a) Because they wouldn't be able to live in the master's house.
(b) Because they would be sold to another owner.
(c) Because they would not get to see their family.
(d) Because they would lose their job.

4. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?
(a) The slow pace of school desegregation.
(b) The ignorance of the white leaders.
(c) The complacency of the courts.
(d) The barring of Negros from eating at lunch counters.

5. Who "ruled" Birmingham with terror and racist rule?
(a) George Wallace.
(b) Fred Shuttlesworth
(c) Miles Anderson.
(d) Bull Connor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?

3. The merchants that were a part of the Senior Citizens Committee that met with the campaign leaders went back on their agreement. What was the rumor for the reason of what the merchants did?

4. Who did MLK hope would have been in the running of the run-off vote?

5. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK states that the Negro protesters were advised to call off their efforts and put all their energy into what?

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