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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 8, 1959 (pages 17-38).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Griffin say is the biggest problem blacks have?
(a) Their self respect.
(b) Their relationship with whites.
(c) Their living conditions.
(d) Their lack of unity.

2. According to Griffin's observations, what do blacks feel they cannot do?
(a) Heighten their place among other blacks.
(b) Be treated with respect by anyone.
(c) Heighten their place in society.
(d) Sit anywhere on the bus.

3. What point of view does Griffin use to tell his story?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) All of the above.

4. In the second section of the book, who tells Griffin where he may use a bathroom and find a church?
(a) George Levitan.
(b) A restaurant owner.
(c) A white man.
(d) Sterling Williams.

5. Which of these is not a reaction of Griffin's wife when he tells her of his plan?
(a) She tells him he is not allowed to go.
(b) She says she will take care of their children without him.
(c) She tells him he should go ahead with the project.
(d) She is shocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sterling talk to Griffin when he meets him as a black man for the first time?

2. What state is the author, John Howard Griffin, from?

3. At the start of the book, how can Griffin's point of view be best described?

4. While Griffin is traveling on public transportation, a white woman looks at Griffin. What type of emotion does Griffin feel this look conveys?

5. Besides Sterling, with whom does Griffin eat lunch at the shoeshine stand?

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