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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 Sterling Williams treat Griffin the first time they meet?
(a) Like a friend.
(b) He ignores him.
(c) Like a white customer.
(d) He talks to him about his personal life.

2. At the start of the book, how can Griffin's point of view be best described?
(a) That of a priest.
(b) That of a black man.
(c) That of personal experience.
(d) That of an observer.

3. How is Griffin treated by the first black people he meets?
(a) They are difficult for him to talk to.
(b) They are immediately suspicious of him.
(c) They are cruel to him at first.
(d) They are instantly friendly toward him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Griffin pay for his journey as a black man?

2. What state is the author, John Howard Griffin, from?

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

4. How does Sterling Williams treat Griffin the second time they meet?

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

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