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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did MLK hope would have been in the running of the run-off vote?
(a) Boutwell and King.
(b) King and Conner.
(c) King and Walker.
(d) Boutwell and Conner.

2. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?
(a) They disobeyed the court order.
(b) They sent a letter to city officials concerning their cause.
(c) They all sat on the courthouse steps.
(d) They appeared in court with all the volunteers following behind.

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

4. When Negros went to work they would eat in separate places and use what things labeled "colored"?
(a) The lunch counter and water fountain.
(b) The water fountain and tables.
(c) Tables and lavatory.
(d) The water fountain and lavatory.

5. When MLK was autographing copies of his book in the Harlem department store, what was he stabbed with?
(a) A pocket knife.
(b) A letter opener.
(c) A razor blade.
(d) A pointed stick.

6. At the rate that integration of schools was going, what year would the integration of schools be a reality?
(a) 1982.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2054.
(d) 1995.

7. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?
(a) April 10th, 1963.
(b) April 3rd, 1963.
(c) April 4th, 1963.
(d) April 2nd, 1963.

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

9. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?
(a) "Mayor for Birmingham is Elected."
(b) "New Day Dawns for Birmingham."
(c) "Bull Connor Revisits Birmingham."
(d) "Our Hope is Here in Birmingham."

10. Who said, "Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

11. Who is the sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?
(a) Lemon Jefferson.
(b) Al Hibbler.
(c) Mel Torme.
(d) Willie Johnson.

12. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?
(a) Sit-ins.
(b) Making signs.
(c) Getting the groups more educated.
(d) Picketing.

13. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?
(a) The need to stay.
(b) Chains and rope.
(c) Physical force.
(d) Family.

14. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?
(a) The Integration Deliverance Law.
(b) The Pupil Placement Law.
(c) The Public School Law.
(d) The Negro Exclusion Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Birmingham give up when they decided to close down the parks instead of having them integrated?

2. 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?

3. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?

4. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to endure how?

5. According to MLK in "The Sword That Heals," a southern state police officer is rarely punished for what?

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