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

2. 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 accosted by a white man.
(c) He is followed by a black widow.
(d) He is arrested by a policeman for impersonation.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sterling react when Griffin reveals his identity?

2. Which of these is not a reaction of Griffin's wife when he tells her of his plan?

3. On his first day in the first city he visits, what does Griffin do as a white man?

4. What sparks Griffin's questions about race?

5. How does Griffin view the black community at first?

(see the answer key)

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