Why We Can't Wait Test | Final Test - Hard

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Why We Can't Wait Test | Final Test - Hard

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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. As one of the first victims of the poison gas pellet, a young Negro started to say, "Save me" to who?

2. When the police ran out of paddy wagons to bring people in to the jail, what other two vehicles did they end up using to transport people?

3. MLK states that throughout their campaign they had been seeking to establish dialogue with the city leaders to negotiate how many major issues?

4. What does MLK say was one of the wisest moves they made in the campaign?

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

2. What did MLK and the S.C.L.C. officers want to do to bring a new dynamic to the campaign that would receive criticism?

3. When MLK talks about the number of S.C.L.C. affiliates jumping from 85 to 100, he mentions that more than one million Americans attended solidarity demonstrations in what cities?

4. Why does MLK state that they could thank the segregationists for the revolution that started in Birmingham?

5. 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?

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

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

8. What did scientific observers place in the sealed death chambers where poison gas was to be administered to the victims of capital punishment?

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

10. What significant change in employment patterns does MLK talk about taking shape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After MLK and the other leaders had decided to lead a demonstration on April 12th, they received what type of bad news? What did this news do to the hopefulness of the leaders? Why was MLK told that he could not go to jail now? What did MLK think about when he was presented with this news? MLK states that he walked to another room by himself. He says, "I think I was standing also at the center of all that my life had brought me to be." What does he mean by these words? Why did MLK not back down after the bad news, and why did he decide that he would have to go to jail if needed?

Essay Topic 2

Not much is mentioned about MLK's wife during the events of this book. Why do you think that is? Why do you think it was important for MLK to include her in the telling of him being in jail and her trying to call? Even though Coretta isn't mentioned much, how much influence do you think she had during the events in this book? How do you think Coretta King felt about her husband's intense involvement with the civil rights movement? How do you think Coretta showed her support to MLK? How do you think Coretta's support helped motivated MLK?

Essay Topic 3

In "Bull Connor's Birmingham," MLK describes what it would be like to be a Negro baby born in Birmingham and brought up in Birmingham. He describes what that child would endure. What are some of the points he brings out about being a Negro child at this time? MLK then goes on to say that this same person would not be able to join a branch of the N.A.A.C.P. Why? How does he describe finding a job as a Negro in Birmingham?

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