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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. According to Griffin's observations, what is one tactic whites use to keep blacks in place?
(a) Limiting the types of foods blacks can eat.
(b) Letting blacks berate one another.
(c) Limiting the types of jobs blacks can have.
(d) Treating blacks poorly in public.

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

3. After his transformation, where does Griffin's first encounter with a white man take place?
(a) On the bus.
(b) In the street.
(c) A streetcar.
(d) A restaurant.

4. How does Sterling react when Griffin reveals his identity?
(a) He is sympathetic.
(b) He is shocked.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is scared.

5. After lunch with Sterling, where is the first place Griffin visits?
(a) A church.
(b) The YMCA.
(c) A hotel.
(d) The post office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the first location Griffin goes to, immediately after his transformation?

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

3. What does Sterling do with his lunch scraps?

4. What street does Griffin travel to first, after he finds a bathroom to use?

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

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