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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 15- 24, 1959 (pages 77-101).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What profession does P.D. East have?
(a) He is a city official.
(b) He is a restaurant owner.
(c) He is the editor of a local newspaper.
(d) He is a doctor specializing in skin care.

4. How does Griffin's interaction on the way to dinner in the second section of the book affect him?
(a) He is worried because he does not have a driver's license.
(b) He is afraid his identity will be revealed.
(c) He realizes he does not know how to fight.
(d) He wants to be left alone.

5. What profession does the well-dressed black man think Griffin has?
(a) A priest.
(b) A shoeshine.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A journalist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of these is a job that Griffin unsuccessfully tries to get at the beginning of the third section of the book?

3. At the start of the fourth section of the book, why is Sterling upset when Griffin goes to visit him?

4. What does the man who picks Griffin up as a hitchhiker say he dislikes about Mississippi?

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

(see the answer key)

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