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

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

3. What is the race of Sterling Williams?
(a) Native American.
(b) Asian.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

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

5. How does Griffin's interaction on the way to dinner in the second section of the book affect him?
(a) He is afraid his identity will be revealed.
(b) He is worried because he does not have a driver's license.
(c) He realizes he does not know how to fight.
(d) He wants to be left alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Griffin decide to react if anyone asks him who he is during his journey?

2. According to Griffin's observations, what is one tactic whites use to keep blacks in place?

3. In what year was Black Like Me originally published?

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

5. After lunch with Sterling, where is the first place Griffin visits?

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