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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 MLK appeared on the show, "Meet the Press," who appeared on the show with him?

2. Who said, "Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God"?

3. In "The Days To Come," MLK talks about Negros knowing political assassination well and that it was a common place thing to witness or hear about. What was the name of the person who was shot to death on the steps of a rural courthouse?

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

5. Which of Jesus's apostles does MLK liken himself to in his letter to the clergymen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does MLK describe the "two" John Kennedys that he knew?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions a man named Marcus Garvey. Who was Marcus Garvey, and what was his involvement with the Negro population in America? What type of movement did Garvey call for? Why does MLK state that Garvey's plan was doomed? Do you think most of the Negro population felt the same way? Why or why not? After the "death" of the Garvey movement, what was the new development that was conducted by the N.A.A.C.P.?

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