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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. MLK mentions that the nation could not have been more amazed if what type of machines had turned human and stalked the lands?
2. To the Negro in 1963 nonviolence could symbolize the "gold badge of heroism" rather than what?
3. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?
4. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?
5. When MLK was autographing copies of his book in the Harlem department store, what was he stabbed with?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. In the days of slavery, how was suppression openly, scientifically, and consistently applied to the Negro population?
3. Why was the Negro's economic problem compounded by the emergence and growth of automation?
4. What did people have to do after they volunteered and walked up front to shake hands with the leaders of the campaign?
5. Shortly after the S.C.L.C. convention took place in September of 1962, how were Fred Shuttlesworth's fears justified?
6. For years, why did the white segregationists say that the Negro was "satisfied"?
7. 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?
8. What are some of the questions that the girl and boy ask themselves?
9. What happened soon after the Supreme Court had handed down a decree calling for desegregation of schools that discouraged MLK?
10. What is the new phenomenon that MLK mentions white men would gasp at?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is your favorite person in the book? Why did this person appeal to you? What characteristics did you like about this person? Were there any characteristics you didn't like about this person? Why? What does this person add to the book, and how does this person relate to the events and to MLK? How would the events have changed if this person did not exist? Would anything remain the same if this person was absent? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
The book, Why We Can't Wait, is written by Martin Luther King, Jr. about the time of the civil rights movement during the 1960s in which Birmingham became the center of attention for the nation to watch those "fighting" for freedom. How do you think MLK's perspective on the details of these events affected the reader of the book? How would the details of the events be told differently if we were reading a book by Bull Connor? How about a book by Jesse Jackson? Explain your answers and use evidence from the book to support those answers.
Essay Topic 3
What are some of your favorite words that MLK writes? Why did these words appeal to you more than others? What kind of feelings did these words evoke in you as a reader? How do you think MLK was feeling at the time he wrote these particular words? Explain the reason for picking the particular excerpts. How do you think MLK changed as a person during the events of this book? Explain your reasoning by using specific examples from the book.
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