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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. Where were the after school meetings to be held that students were invited to attend?

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

3. What does MLK say the Gandhian principle is?

4. 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?

5. What does MLK state in his letter is the basic reason that he is in Birmingham?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does MLK say is the difference between just laws and unjust laws?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is your favorite person in the book? Why did this person appeal to you? What characteristics did you like about this person? Were there any characteristics you didn't like about this person? Why? What does this person add to the book, and how does this person relate to the events and to MLK? How would the events have changed if this person did not exist? Would anything remain the same if this person was absent? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Even though MLK would be considered the protagonist, how could the Negro population as a whole also be considered the protagonist? What kinds of conflicts do the Negroes face? What kind of conflicts with specific people do they face? What kind of conflicts with society do they face? What kind of conflicts with themselves do they face? Explain your answers and use specific information from the book to support your answers.

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