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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. At the closing days of the Birmingham campaign, Negro children would run up to policemen asking them what?

2. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?

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 Sword That Heals," MLK states that the Negro turned his back on force because he knew he couldn't win through physical force, and he also believed he could lose what?

5. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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 state that Bull Connor prided himself in?

4. What phrase did Fred Shuttlesworth use to describe Albert Boutwell and why?

5. What are some of the words that John F. Kennedy uttered on June 11th, 1963?

6. For years, why did the white segregationists say that the Negro was "satisfied"?

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

8. 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?

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

10. In the days of slavery, how was suppression openly, scientifically, and consistently applied to the Negro population?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book we read about fear and experience this frequently. MLK mention's that Bull Connor's Birmingham had the silent password of fear. The black people were oppressed, so there was fear. Why does MLK say the white citizens were fearful? Why did the thought of change bring fear among Negros and white citizens too? Why and how did Bull Connor strike a sense of fear in the city? What other instances of fear do you find in the book?

Essay Topic 2

In the book we meet an individual named Harry Belafonte. He is a friend of MLK and a supporter of the S.C.L.C. What significance does Belafonte have? MLK describes Belafonte as being totally involved in anything he takes on. How was he involved with the campaign? How was Belafonte involved when MLK was sent to jail? Do you think Belafonte was just involved because MLK was an old friend? What hope do you think he saw in the campaign in Birmingham?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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