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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. By the end of April, the attitude of the national press had changed, and the coverage the campaign received was what?

2. How many days had MLK and Ralph Abernathy been in jail when they accepted bond to come out?

3. How many steps does MLK say that a nonviolent campaign has?

4. MLK states that white people don't understand that it is no more possible to be half free than what?

5. A day was set as "D" day, when students would go to jail in historical numbers. What day was "D" day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does MLK state that "we were all involved with" John F. Kennedy's death?

2. What does MLK state that the American Negro knows through painful experience?

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. When MLK is discussing the difference between a revolt and a revolution, what does he state a revolt is?

5. 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?

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

7. What are the four basic steps in any nonviolent campaign that MLK mentions?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think MLK named the last chapter "The Days to Come"? What are some of the key points and events in this chapter? Who are some of the key individuals mentioned? What does MLK propose in his idea of a Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged? Why does he think this idea would be the best solution?

Essay Topic 3

MLK mentions that one of the key elements in the movement was the use of non-violence. He considered non-violence to be the sword that heals and their most valuable weapon. Why was non-violence so important to MLK? Why was non-violence seen as the only means to an end? Do you think the majority of the Negro population felt the same way about non-violence? What does MLK say was the other reason to use non-violence besides knowing they couldn't obtain freedom by physical force?

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