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

2. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," MLK quotes a poet. Where does the poet say the blackness of nighttime collects?
(a) On the streets.
(b) In our hearts.
(c) On our love.
(d) In our mouth.

3. MLK and his groups decided to limit the first few days' efforts of the campaign to what?
(a) Sit-ins.
(b) Making signs.
(c) Picketing.
(d) Getting the groups more educated.

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

5. 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) That you won't know where your next meal will come from.
(c) That your cause did not go unnoticed.
(d) Liberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first requirement of a volunteer's pledge was to do what daily?

2. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?

3. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch's daughter aids him in dispersing a mob by doing what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to MLK while he was was at a Harlem department store signing copies of one of his books?

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

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

4. What does MLK state that Bull Connor prided himself in?

5. What happened to the United States senator who was visiting Birmingham to deliver a speech and walked through a door marked "Colored"?

6. What were the mass meetings that were held in the Negro community, how many were there, and where were these meetings held?

7. How does MLK describe tokenism as thwarting the dreams of the Negro population's dreams and aspirations?

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

9. Why was the Negro's economic problem compounded by the emergence and growth of automation?

10. 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?

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