Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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Multiple Choice Question: Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote this letter in a Birmingham, Alabama, jail cell in 1963. King was put in jail because he was leading a protest. He was protesting against segregation. Segregation was a system that separated white and black people. In most of the South in the 1960s, there was a lot of segregation. The segregation was unfair and cruel. King sent this letter to eight white religious leaders of the South. They were worried about his protesting. King wrote the letter to defend his ways of protesting segregation.
Part A

1. Read the content about. What is the best meaning for the word segregation? (RI5.4)
   A. The state of being equal
   B. A system that separated white and black people
   C. A different race is better than another
   Part B
2. Refer to the same passage as Part A question: Why was Martin Luther King

protesting? (RI5.1)
A. He thought it was fun
B. He wanted to be liked the more by black people
C. He was protesting to end segregation
Part A

3. Where did Martin Luther King write these letters? (RI5.1)
   A. Inside his hometown
   B. Inside his church
   C. Inside the jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama

Part B

4. Looking back at the required reading about: What word is the best definition for

unfair? (RI5.1)
A. Equal
B. Right
C. Dishonest

I am in Birmingham because segregation is here. I know that all cities and states are connected to one another. I cannot sit in Atlanta watching what is happening in Birmingham. I have to come and help. You say you hate the protests that are taking place in Birmingham. Why don't you hate the reasons that brought the protests here? I am sure that each of you would want to find the real causes for the protests. The white people in control of this city have ignored the rights of black Americans. This has brought us here.
Part A

5. In clip from the letter above “I come here to help” Why did he go there? (RI5.10)
   A. Because segregation was there
   B. He went there for vacation
   C. He was visiting a whit friend
   Part B
6. Why did the white people in the town that controlled the laws sit back and allow this behavior? (RI5.4)
   A. They thought we were less then them
   B. They could not change the laws
   C. They thought the laws were fair and just
   Part A
7. In the sentence “You say you hate the protests that are taking place in Birmingham. Why don't you hate the reasons that brought the protests here? What was Martin Luther King trying to express? (RI5.10)
   A. If the white Americans hate the protest so much why don’t the try to change the reason the protest is taking place
   B. The hated to see all the people in the streets disturbing the town
   C. They thought no protest needed to happen because everything was equal
   Part B
8. Why did the white people in the town who were in charge of the laws not change then? (RI5.1)
   A. They had no control
   B. They thought they the laws were fair
   C. They thought black because be satisfied with the laws that were in set in place.
9. In the excerpt “For years I have heard the word "wait." It painfully rings in the ear of every black American.” Why is “wait” a painful ring in the black American ears? (RI5.2)
   A. Black Americans know they will not get around to it
   B. White Americans want Black Americans to learn patience
   C. White Americans wanted to do (things in their timing
   You do not have to try to answer your daughter's question, "Daddy, why do white people treat black people so mean?"
10. In the letter “This is why we cannot wait” What is the best feeling you would describe the father is feeling after hearing his daughter say that? (RI5.1)
    A. Upset
    B. Afraid
    C. Disappointed
11. Why did Martin Luther King in his letters “All Segregations Laws are Unfair” think all segregation laws were in fact unfair? ( RI5.4)
    A. He believed that all needed to be adjusted
    B. He believed there should not be laws about segregation because there should not be segregation
    C. He wanted the segregation to be fair to both black and white Americans
12. From your knowledge from reading “We must punish the robber” Who is the robber Martin Luther King is referring too?(RI5.4)
    A. Black American
    B. The law makers
    C. Anyone who supports this mistreatment of black people
13. Why is it important to Martin Luther King that we all black and white march together?(RI5.3)
    A. To show we are all equal and should be treated that way
    B. The more people the bigger the protest will be
    C. That if white people attend the marched white police will let them march
14. Who are the real hero’s the South will one day remember? (RI5.1)
    A. Martin Luther King
    B. All Americans who march for equal right and end segregation
    C. Black people
15. Why did Martin Luther King beginning this letter writing journey? (RI5.3)
    A. To pass time while he was in jail
    B. To had a sermon when he was release from jail to preach to his congregation
    C. To end segregation not just in Birmingham, Al. but in the south.
16. What was Martin Luther King tone in writing these letters in the Birmingham, AL jail? (RI.5.1)
    A. Exited
    B. Dissatisfaction
    C. Pleasure LETTER GRADE: PERCENTAGE SCALE:
    A 80-73
    B 72-65
    C 64- 55
    D 54-47
    F 46 and below

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