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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was every volunteer in Birmingham required to sign?
(a) A Commitment Card.
(b) A Peace Letter.
(c) A Letter of Intent.
(d) A Pledge to March.

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

4. What did Wyatt Walker confer with lawyers about?
(a) The city code on jail sentances.
(b) The city code on segregation.
(c) The city code on picketing.
(d) The city code on lunch counters.

5. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to endure how?
(a) Remorsefully.
(b) Easily.
(c) Mournfully.
(d) Quietly.

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

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

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

9. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?
(a) To strategically place your powers in front of their faces.
(b) To wipe them out with nonviolence.
(c) To persuade them to your side.
(d) To divide it.

10. At the closing days of the Birmingham campaign, Negro children would run up to policemen asking them what?
(a) Why people are different.
(b) To be locked up.
(c) Why they don't like them.
(d) To be carried on their shoulders.

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

12. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Confrontation.
(d) Compliance.

13. What does MLK claim is the "sword that heals"?
(a) Civil Rights.
(b) Nonviolence.
(c) Integration.
(d) Equality.

14. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?
(a) New York Presbyterian Hospital.
(b) South End Hospital.
(c) North General Hospital.
(d) Harlem Hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"

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

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

5. Who offered up their apartment for the revolution/campaign leaders to meet in in New York City?

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