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

2. In the beginning of the book, MLK states that the chill and frost were replaced by what type of spring?
(a) Exuberant..
(b) Warm.
(c) Placid.
(d) Lazy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did governor George Wallace pledge to have forever in his inauguration vow?

2. MLK suggests that the Negro had been brainwashed to accept what white man's theory?

3. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?

4. What did Birmingham give up when they decided to close down the parks instead of having them integrated?

5. What was the next stage of the "crusade" that began on April 6th?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Marcus Garvey propose to the Negro race, and why was his plan doomed according to MLK?

3. What are some of the questions that the girl and boy ask themselves?

4. 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?

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

6. In 1962, what did some of the students from Miles College and leaders of A.C.H.R. do together in Birmingham, and what were the results?

7. 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.

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

9. In the introduction of Why We Can't Wait, MLK mentions that he sees a young Negro boy. Describe the setting that MLK describes for this boy.

10. Which two revolutions in history does MLK liken the civil turmoil and violence of the Negro's "battle" to?

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