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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Griffin darken his skin?
(a) A doctor.
(b) The magazine owner.
(c) His wife.
(d) A friend.

2. What does Griffin say blacks use to be noticed?
(a) Music.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Bling.
(d) Gangs.

3. Which of these do Griffin and Mr. Gayle say is a step toward equality?
(a) Lightening the skin tones of blacks.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Music.
(d) Nice homes.

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

5. How do the blacks react to Griffin's interaction with the white woman on public transportation?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They are sympathetic.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They are embarrassed.

6. What type of transportation does Griffin use to get to the street he visits first in New Orleans?
(a) A trolley.
(b) A bus.
(c) A cab.
(d) A train.

7. What is the profession of Sterling Williams?
(a) A shoeshine.
(b) A cab driver.
(c) A busboy.
(d) A traveling salesman.

8. What is the name of the black magazine Griffin's friend owns?
(a) Sepia.
(b) Portrait.
(c) Ebony.
(d) Look.

9. Which authorities does Griffin decide to notify initially about his project?
(a) The State Police.
(b) The CIA.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The FBI.

10. Where is the first location Griffin goes to, immediately after his transformation?
(a) He goes to the black part of town.
(b) He travels outside of the state.
(c) He returns home.
(d) He goes to a white hotel.

11. On his first day in the first city he visits, what does Griffin do as a white man?
(a) Tries to get a job at a newspaper.
(b) Goes to fancy restaurants and walks around the city.
(c) Tries to find a place to live for when he becomes black.
(d) Goes fishing with friends.

12. What happens to Griffin on his way to dinner in the second section of the book?
(a) He meets a fellow journalist.
(b) He is arrested by a policeman for impersonation.
(c) He is accosted by a white man.
(d) He is followed by a black widow.

13. According to Griffin, what do Southern whites say about the relationship between blacks and whites?
(a) It is a healthy relationship.
(b) It is an abusive relationship.
(c) It is an invisible relationship.
(d) It is an unfair relationship.

14. Which of these is a job that Griffin unsuccessfully tries to get at the beginning of the third section of the book?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A cab driver.
(c) A shoeshine.
(d) A typist.

15. After lunch with Sterling, where is the first place Griffin visits?
(a) A church.
(b) The post office.
(c) A hotel.
(d) The YMCA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What necessity does one black man help Griffin find, immediately after his transformation?

2. At the beginning of the third section of the book, what is Griffin comforted by?

3. During the third section of the book, on what object does Griffin sit while he is in the public space, after his walk?

4. According to Griffin's observations, what do blacks do to make their lives better?

5. In the third section, what area of town does Griffin walk through, looking at restaurants he is no longer allowed to enter?

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