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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 28 -November 7, 1959 (pages 1-17).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Griffin decide to react if anyone asks him who he is during his journey?
(a) He will use a consistent pseudonym.
(b) He will answer in another language.
(c) He will answer with a different false name each time.
(d) He will answer with is real name.

2. 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.

3. What state is the author, John Howard Griffin, from?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

4. In what year was Black Like Me originally published?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1960.

5. Which of these does not describe Griffin's emotions once his transformation is complete?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Proud.
(d) Appalled.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who helps Griffin darken his skin?

3. During Griffin's first encounter with a white man, how does the white man act toward Griffin?

4. After his transformation, where does Griffin's first encounter with a white man take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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