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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 is the name of the black magazine Griffin's friend owns?
(a) Sepia.
(b) Ebony.
(c) Portrait.
(d) Look.

2. How does Griffin pay for his journey as a black man?
(a) He pays for it out of his own pocket.
(b) Unnamed sponsors pay for it.
(c) George Levitan agrees to pay for it.
(d) He begs his way through the South.

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

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

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

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 do blacks feel they cannot do?

3. How does Sterling Williams treat Griffin the first time they meet?

4. According to Griffin, what do Southern whites say about the relationship between blacks and whites?

5. During Griffin's discussion with Reverend A. L. Davis and Mr. Gayle, who walks into the room?

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