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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 describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?
(a) Kicking a can around the neighborhood.
(b) Eating an ice cream cone.
(c) Riding his bicycle.
(d) Playing kickball with some friends.

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

3. Who said, "Dammit. Turn on the hoses."?
(a) Jim Bevel.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) Charles Billups.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. Who was the N.A.A.C.P. secretary that the segregationists showed their hatred by assassinating?
(a) Whitney Young, Jr.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) Roy Wilkins.
(d) Roger Blough.

5. How many affiliated organizations across the South does the Southern Christian Leadership Conference have?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Eighty-five.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Seventy.

Short Answer Questions

1. MLK states that the "summer of our discontent" brought white citizens closer into harmony with their Negro citizens instead of what?

2. 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?

3. MLK talks about one of the most poignant replies to a question. It came from a girl who was not more than eight that answered a police officer's question of "what do you want?" with what reply?

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

5. MLK describes having to tell his six-year-old daughter something with stammered speech. What is it he's talking about having to tell "your" six-year-old daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the two reasons that MLK accepted bond to come out of jail in the beginning of "Black and White Together"?

2. What does MLK say about injustice that explains why he felt like he needed to be involved with the city of Birmingham to help the civil rights movement?

3. When the campaign had sent out a request for volunteers, what did the six tiny youngsters ask Andy Young, and what did they do to help the movement?

4. What did approximately 125 business leaders see when they left for lunch during the May 7th Senior Citizens Committee meeting?

5. What does MLK mention in "The Days to Come" that would immediately transform the conditions of Negro life?

6. In what case does MLK mention that it wouldn't profit a Negro parent to send his or her child to an integrated school?

7. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," who is the letter addressed to and why is it written?

8. Why does MLK state that no revolution is like a ballet?

9. How does MLK answer the questions of the clergymen of "Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches and so forth? Aren't negotiations better?"

10. How many people were involved with the March on Washington, and what kind of people were involved?

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