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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the black magazine Griffin's friend owns?
(a) Look.
(b) Sepia.
(c) Portrait.
(d) Ebony.
2. 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 with is real name.
(c) He will answer with a different false name each time.
(d) He will answer in another language.
3. In what year was Black Like Me originally published?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1980.
4. After his transformation, where does Griffin's first encounter with a white man take place?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A streetcar.
(c) On the bus.
(d) In the street.
5. At the end of the first section of the book, how does Griffin's commentary change?
(a) He writes about others' experiences, not his own.
(b) It is taken from personal experiences.
(c) It is an objective point of view.
(d) He speaks from a white man's perspective.
6. Besides Sterling, with whom does Griffin eat lunch at the shoeshine stand?
(a) The black widow.
(b) George Levitan.
(c) Sterling's brother.
(d) Sterling's friend Joe.
7. What state is the author, John Howard Griffin, from?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Texas.
8. After lunch with Sterling, where is the first place Griffin visits?
(a) A hotel.
(b) The post office.
(c) A church.
(d) The YMCA.
9. Which authorities does Griffin decide to notify initially about his project?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The State Police.
(c) The CIA.
(d) The FBI.
10. What street does Griffin travel to first, after he finds a bathroom to use?
(a) Canal Street.
(b) Carrollton Avenue.
(c) Bourbon Street.
(d) Magazine Street.
11. How does Griffin's interaction on the way to dinner in the second section of the book affect him?
(a) He wants to be left alone.
(b) He realizes he does not know how to fight.
(c) He is afraid his identity will be revealed.
(d) He is worried because he does not have a driver's license.
12. What emotion does Griffin have at the end of the second section of the book?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Fear.
13. During Griffin's first encounter with a white man, how does the white man act toward Griffin?
(a) He asks Griffin where he is from.
(b) He spits on Griffin's feet.
(c) He looks at Griffin strangely.
(d) He completely ignores Griffin.
14. After Griffin speaks to the white man in the third section of the book, how does Griffin feel physically?
(a) Clumsy.
(b) Strong.
(c) Fatigued.
(d) Energized.
15. What necessity does one black man help Griffin find, immediately after his transformation?
(a) Shoes.
(b) A job.
(c) A hotel.
(d) New clothes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the profession of Sterling Williams?
2. What do Griffin and Mr. Gayle say whites believe about any steps blacks could take toward equality?
3. Which of these fears is not one of the reactions Adelle Jackson has when she learns about Griffin's plan?
4. How does Sterling Williams treat Griffin the first time they meet?
5. Who helps Griffin darken his skin?
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