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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Collecting evidence of integration.
(b) Registering voters.
(c) Finding a job.
(d) Cleaning the streets.

2. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?
(a) Wanting.
(b) Words.
(c) Allies.
(d) Light.

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

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

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

6. To the Negro in 1963 nonviolence could symbolize the "gold badge of heroism" rather than what?
(a) The white feather of cowardice.
(b) The white flag of surrender.
(c) The yellow feather of humility.
(d) The yellow flag of despair.

7. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?
(a) A real law.
(b) An occurance.
(c) Followed.
(d) A fact.

8. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK quotes a poet. Where does the poet say the blackness of nighttime collects?
(a) On our love.
(b) In our hearts.
(c) In our mouth.
(d) On the streets.

9. What is the name of Martin Luther King's wife?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Jasmina.
(c) Julia.
(d) Corretta.

10. What does MLK talk about in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963" that celebrates it's 100th birthday in 1963?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) The Homestead Act.
(c) National Currency Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

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

12. MLK states that their "army" would sing but not do what?
(a) Slay.
(b) Murmer.
(c) Strike.
(d) Sit.

13. When MLK's wife was refused the opportunity to speak to her husband after he was placed in jail, who did she call?
(a) Arthur Shores.
(b) The President of the United States.
(c) The city jail.
(d) Bull Connor.

14. There was a visiting statesman that waved his hand and stated that he was "aware of current events. I know everything you are telling me about what the white man is doing to the Negro." Where was this statesman from?
(a) India.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Europe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When MLK was autographing copies of his book in the Harlem department store, what was he stabbed with?

2. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?

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

4. Who were the actual competing candidates for the run-off vote?

5. The Negro Revolution is described as generating quietly just like what?

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