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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?
(a) "Evil."
(b) "Stop."
(c) "Never."
(d) "Someday."

2. Where were the after school meetings to be held that students were invited to attend?
(a) At churches.
(b) At the Gaston motel.
(c) At lunch counters.
(d) In parks.

3. A day was set as "D" day, when students would go to jail in historical numbers. What day was "D" day?
(a) May 1st.
(b) May 3rd.
(c) May 2nd.
(d) May 4th.

4. Who said, "I wish he'd been carried away in a hearse" after they had heard that Fred Shuttlesworth was injured?
(a) Joseph F. Dolan.
(b) Burke Marshall.
(c) Charles Billups.
(d) Bull Connor.

5. What does MLK say was one of the wisest moves they made in the campaign?
(a) Starting with sit-ins.
(b) Having the marches during Easter.
(c) Targeting merchants.
(d) Involving Birmingham's children.

6. MLK tells the clergymen in his letter that anyone who lives where can never be considered an outsider?"
(a) The United States.
(b) The earth.
(c) The state of Alabama.
(d) Any of the southern states.

7. What city was the night-club comic performing in when he joked that if the demonstrators had been served, they wouldn't have been able to pay for their meals?
(a) Savannah, Georgia.
(b) Nashville, Tennessee.
(c) Greensboro, North Carolina.
(d) Columbia, South Carolina.

8. What is defined as a movement that changes both people and institutions?
(a) A coholition.
(b) A democracy.
(c) A revolution.
(d) A campaign.

9. What kind of pace does MLK say they are taking to gain a cup of coffee at a lunch counter?
(a) A turtle's pace.
(b) A maple syrup pace.
(c) A horse-and-buggy pace.
(d) A snail's pace.

10. After the President of the United States told the nation he would not allow extremists to sabotage a fair and just pact, how many federal troops did he order into Birmingham?
(a) Two thousand five hundred.
(b) Three thousand.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) Three thousand five hundred.

11. What does MLK say the Gandhian principle is?
(a) "Fill up the jails."
(b) "Don't show your weakness."
(c) "Peace will win."
(d) "Never fight back."

12. MLK talks about the fact that different organizations getting together for the unity of the movement is a remarkable feature of importance. He states that unity has never meant what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Agreement.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Uniformity.

13. Who was the prominent lawyer that had to leave the state after he delivered a speech after the Sunday school bombing?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Roy Wilkins.
(c) Charles Morgan.
(d) John Lewis.

14. Which of Jesus's apostles does MLK liken himself to in his letter to the clergymen?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Thomas.
(c) John.
(d) Paul.

15. What was the name of the assistant deputy attorney general that the Attorney General dispatched on May 4th?
(a) Bull Connor.
(b) Charles Billups.
(c) Burke Marshall.
(d) Joseph F. Dolan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When several hundred Birmingham Negros decided to hold a prayer meeting near the city jail where did they meet?

2. MLK states that the segregationists introduced a new and barbarous weapon on the Negros. What was this weapon?

3. MLK talks about the positive growth of the movement, and supporters were increasing from white and Negro people. The number of S.C.L.C. affiliates jumped from 85 to what?

4. How many steps does MLK say that a nonviolent campaign has?

5. What is the name of the person whose doctrine is "no man is an island"?

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