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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who "ruled" Birmingham with terror and racist rule?
(a) Miles Anderson.
(b) George Wallace.
(c) Bull Connor.
(d) Fred Shuttlesworth

2. Who offered up their apartment for the revolution/campaign leaders to meet in in New York City?
(a) Wyatt Walker.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Harry Wagner.

3. 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?
(a) That they didn't think it would matter and so they went back on their agreement.
(b) That the Negros didn't follow through with their end of the agreement.
(c) They didn't like that not all the merchants followed the agreement so they didn't want to follow it either.
(d) That Bull Conner had threatened some of the merchants.

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

5. What did the city commissioners, including Bull Connor, refuse to do after the results of the run-off vote?
(a) Embrace the newly elected Mayor.
(b) Move out of their City Hall offices.
(c) Congratulate the winner.
(d) Acknowledge the people that voted for them.

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

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

8. In the efforts of "Project C", what were the first targets?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Lunch counters.
(c) Public parks.
(d) City hall.

9. 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) Allies.
(b) Words.
(c) Light.
(d) Wanting.

10. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?
(a) Room 15.
(b) Room 40.
(c) Room 20.
(d) Room 30.

11. Who were the actual competing candidates for the run-off vote?
(a) Walker and King.
(b) Boutwell and Connor.
(c) Connor and King.
(d) Boutwell and King.

12. MLK states that "Undeniably, the Negro had been an object of sympathy and wore" what type of scars?
(a) Scars of a remorseful upbringing.
(b) Scars of terrible skeletons in the closet.
(c) Scars of a failed past.
(d) Scars of deep grievances.

13. MLK states that a person would conclude that Birmingham had been in what type of slumber and had been trapped for decades?
(a) Restless slumber.
(b) Winter slumber.
(c) Rip Van Winkle slumber.
(d) Continuous slumber.

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

15. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?
(a) To expect a severe beating.
(b) Liberty.
(c) That you won't know where your next meal will come from.
(d) That your cause did not go unnoticed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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