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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 24- December 4, 1959 (pages 102-139).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people does Griffin notice is particularly good at giving the hate stare?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Older white women.
(c) White businessmen.
(d) Twenty-year-old white men.

2. What does Griffin discusses with Reverend A. L. Davis and Mr. Gayle?
(a) The "problem" of blacks.
(b) Housing options.
(c) His project and its details.
(d) How to improve the YMCA.

3. What major theme is introduced in the second section of the book?
(a) Life and death.
(b) Hate between blacks and whites.
(c) Solidarity among males.
(d) Hate within a group.

4. How do the other whites react to Griffin's interaction with the white woman on public transportation?
(a) They ignore it.
(b) They spit on him.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They leave.

5. How does Griffin react to his interactions with the first white man he meets in the sixth section of the book?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He is not phased.
(c) He is shocked.
(d) He is sympathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Griffin travel away from Montgomery?

2. How does the well-dressed black man make Griffin feel?

3. At the beginning of the second section of the book, how is Griffin feeling emotionally?

4. While Griffin is on the pay phone, how does he write that he feels?

5. According to Griffin, how do white people in Mississippi view their relationship with blacks?

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