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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. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?
2. In May of 1962, where was the board meeting of the S.C.L.C. held?
3. When Mahatma Gandhi and his followers had faced the guns of the British Empire in India with nonviolence how many people did they free from colonialism?
4. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to suffer how?
5. At the closing days of the Birmingham campaign, Negro children would run up to policemen asking them what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does MLK state that Bull Connor prided himself in?
2. What are some of the questions that the girl and boy ask themselves?
3. What kind of doctrine did the Negro ministers preach to their congregations about the fight for racial justice?
4. What were the mass meetings that were held in the Negro community, how many were there, and where were these meetings held?
5. What would happen if a volunteer did not pass the strict test for service as a demonstrator?
6. What does MLK mean when he states that the Negro knew what going to jail meant?
7. What happened to MLK while he was was at a Harlem department store signing copies of one of his books?
8. 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.
9. What happened to the United States senator who was visiting Birmingham to deliver a speech and walked through a door marked "Colored"?
10. What did Marcus Garvey propose to the Negro race, and why was his plan doomed according to MLK?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In 1963 the United States was preparing to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Big productions were in the works for this celebration. What were some of the things that MLK mentions in Chapter 1 that the nation was going to do to celebrate this event? What kind of emotions and desires does this inspire in MLK? What kind of emotions and desires does this inspire in the Negro population as a whole?
Essay Topic 2
In this book there are times when the reader can learn interesting facts about things that they might not have known previously. What things in the book are educational, and what new things did you learn? Was there anything you learned that you had never heard of? If so, what was it? Were there particular things that you had heard of but learned about in more detail? If so, what things were they?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think MLK begins the book the way he does? Does that help the reader "dive into" the full meaning? What do you think the purpose of telling us about the Negro boy and girl? What kinds of feelings do these "characters" evoke in the reader? Do you think there was any other effective way of beginning the book? If so, what other ideas do you have for an introduction? Do you think the introduction was perfect in creating the intended mood?
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