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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where were the after school meetings to be held that students were invited to attend?
(a) At lunch counters.
(b) In parks.
(c) At churches.
(d) At the Gaston motel.

3. Jesse Jackson feels that no child should do what without having read this book?
(a) Graduate from high school.
(b) Say the Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) Sing the National Anthem.
(d) Apply to college.

4. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to suffer how?
(a) Secretively.
(b) Mournfully.
(c) Silently.
(d) Easily.

5. Which of Jesus's apostles does MLK liken himself to in his letter to the clergymen?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Paul.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?

2. By 1963, more than how many African nations had risen from colonial bondage?

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

4. When MLK decided to still march and asked Ralph Abernathy to join him. The group that was gathered in the Gaston Motel joined hands and began to sing what song?

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

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