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

2. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."
(b) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(c) "Let us go out and whip the world."
(d) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."

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

4. By 1963, more than how many African nations had risen from colonial bondage?
(a) Thirty-four.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty.

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

6. What was one of the most important parts of the mass meetings according to MLK?
(a) The recognition of leaders.
(b) The togetherness of the Negro community.
(c) The education of the volunteers.
(d) The freedom songs.

7. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?
(a) Closed down the parks.
(b) Appealed to the courts.
(c) Still left signs up that said, "no colored allowed."
(d) Rioted in the streets.

8. As a first step of the meetings with the white Senior Citizens Committee, some of the merchants agreed to remove what?
(a) Signs with only white people on them.
(b) The Bull Conner signs from their stores.
(c) The food and drinks that the Negro community didn't like.
(d) The jim-crow signs from their stores.

9. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?
(a) 13 per cent.
(b) 4 per cent.
(c) 9 per cent.
(d) 10 per cent.

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

11. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

12. 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) Europe.
(b) Africa.
(c) India.
(d) South America.

13. MLK states that he and his group possessed the most formidable weapon of all. What was this weapon he spoke of?
(a) Unity.
(b) Non-violence.
(c) The conviction that we were right.
(d) No more acceptance of brutality.

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

15. What did governor George Wallace pledge to have forever in his inauguration vow?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Integration.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Togetherness.

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?

2. What does MLK describe as the ultimate tragedy of Birmingham?

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

4. Who is the person in Bull Connor's Birmingham that had been jailed several times and had had his home and church damaged by bombs?

5. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?

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