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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was MLK's executive assistant?
(a) Wyatt Tee Walker.
(b) Albert Boutwell.
(c) Tom King.
(d) Fred Shuttlesworth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?

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

3. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?

4. Who said, "Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality"?

5. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," how many years have gone by when MLK states that humiliation cannot be expected to find "voice in a whisper"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did people have to do after they volunteered and walked up front to shake hands with the leaders of the campaign?

2. In the introduction of Why We Can't Wait, MLK talks about a young Negro girl. Describe the setting that MLK describes for this girl.

3. What would happen if a volunteer did not pass the strict test for service as a demonstrator?

4. Shortly after the S.C.L.C. convention took place in September of 1962, how were Fred Shuttlesworth's fears justified?

5. In the second section of Bull Connor's Birmingham, what does MLK state that the one threat to the reign of white supremacy in Birmingham was?

6. What was the first major decision that the planning committee faced when they were discussing "Project C," and what was the conclusion they came to?

7. What does MLK mean when he states that the Negro knew what going to jail meant?

8. In the days of slavery, how was suppression openly, scientifically, and consistently applied to the Negro population?

9. With the number of volunteers increasing after the boycott of Birmingham businesses, what other campaigns were the demonstrators able to accomplish?

10. What happened soon after the Supreme Court had handed down a decree calling for desegregation of schools that discouraged MLK?

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