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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. When six youngsters showed up to volunteer, where did Andy Young send them?

2. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?

3. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?

4. MLK speaks about living in a society where the supreme law is rendered inoperative in vast areas of the nation. What is this supreme law that MLK speaks about?

5. What does MLK state that the American Negroes said after they "shook off three hundred years of psychological slavery"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does MLK state that no revolution is like a ballet?

2. What is the relevant question that MLK mentions that must be asked to atone for the injustices the Negro has faced in the past?

3. After Bull Connor asks his men to "turn on the hoses" on the Negros marching to a prayer meeting, MLK describes the event as one of the most fantastic events of the Birmingham story. Why?

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

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

7. What did MLK wonder about the media writers when they accused the campaign officials of "using" their children "in this fashion"?

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

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

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

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

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

Why do you think there was a need for an afterward in this book? Why do you think Jesse Jackson was the person to write this afterward? How does Jesse Jackson compare the time mentioned in the book to the time the afterward was written (1999)? How does Jesse Jackson honor MLK in his words in the afterward? What does Jesse Jackson suggest for the nations future?

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