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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 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?

2. Who was the person during an interview of the Indian government's Prime Minister who asked, "But isn't that discrimination?" when the Prime Minister said that their schools were required to accept an untouchable over another person of high caste?

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

5. What does MLK say the Gandhian principle is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Jesse Jackson's afterward, he describes some of the impacts and results that the movement in Birmingham had on the country and on the south. He speaks about Atlanta being able to host the Olympics and Orlando being about to be the number one tourist destination in the country. None of this would have been possible in the Old South. What does Jesse Jackson describe as different as far as the nation's Presidents are concerned? What does Jackson mean when he says that "great change rarely comes from the top down"? What does that quote have to do with this book? Explain your answers, and use specific examples from the book to support your views.

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