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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"
(a) I Have A Dream.
(b) A Testament of Hope.
(c) Stride Toward Freedom.
(d) By My Words.

3. When Mahatma Gandhi and his followers had faced the guns of the British Empire in India with nonviolence how many people did they free from colonialism?
(a) More than three hundred and fifty million
(b) More than five hundred million.
(c) More than four hundred million.
(d) More than four hundred and fifty million.

4. What was the next stage of the "crusade" that began on April 6th?
(a) A march on City Hall.
(b) A march on the city jail.
(c) A march on the city merchants.
(d) A march on the city leader's homes.

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

6. When MLK and the other leaders returned to Birmingham after the run-off election, they tried to contact all their volunteers for a meeting. How many volunteers came out?
(a) About fifty.
(b) About sixty-five.
(c) About seventy.
(d) About forty-five.

7. 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) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(d) National Currency Act.

8. 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) They didn't like that not all the merchants followed the agreement so they didn't want to follow it either.
(c) That the Negros didn't follow through with their end of the agreement.
(d) That Bull Conner had threatened some of the merchants.

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

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

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

12. 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) Finding a job.
(c) Registering voters.
(d) Cleaning the streets.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time of slavery, for what purpose were young Negro girls sold and used?

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

3. How many cities are mentioned to be in civil turmoil in the beginning of "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963"?

4. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?

5. When the city government obtained a court injunction to cease the activities of the "Negro army," what did MLK's group do?

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