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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After speaking with Sterling, why does Griffin decide to go to Mississippi?
(a) He cannot stand being in New Orleans anymore.
(b) He wants to see what it is like there.
(c) He wants to get away from Sterling.
(d) He needs to see another doctor.

2. What do the children of the young black man ask Griffin?
(a) They ask him where he is from.
(b) They ask him about his accent.
(c) They ask him about his own children.
(d) They ask him about his money.

3. After Griffin is dropped off downtown by P.D. East, what type of church does Griffin visit?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Catholic.

4. How does the well-dressed black man act toward the other blacks?
(a) He refuses to speak to anyone unless he is spoken to first.
(b) He gives them money.
(c) He is pleasant and courtious.
(d) He yells at them and calls them ignorant.

5. According to Griffin, how do white people in Mississippi view their relationship with blacks?
(a) They say they do not have blacks in their state.
(b) They say they have a good relationship with blacks.
(c) They say they have a troubling relationship with blacks.
(d) They say they do not interact with blacks at all.

6. Where does the well-dressed black man say his mother is from?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Portugal.
(d) France.

7. What man does Griffin credit with the difference in the attitude of blacks he notices in Montgomery?
(a) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Ralph David Abernathy.
(c) Nat King Cole.
(d) Inez Baskin.

8. After visiting with the young black man, whom does Griffin call on the pay phone?
(a) His wife.
(b) George Levitan.
(c) Sterling Williams.
(d) His doctor.

9. How does Griffin feel as he begins to pass back into white society?
(a) Amazed and disgusted.
(b) Overjoyed and enthusiastic.
(c) Skeptical and judgmental.
(d) Saddened and melancholic.

10. When Griffin arrives in Mobile, where does he stay the night?
(a) A secluded, white hotel.
(b) A black preacher's house.
(c) A black YMCA.
(d) An old friend's home.

11. How old are the children of the black man who befriends Griffin in the sixth section of the book?
(a) Nine to four months.
(b) All are babies.
(c) Ten to fifteen.
(d) Nine to eighteen.

12. While Griffin is traveling, where is the one place he says he feels safe?
(a) The church.
(b) The bus.
(c) The newspaper stand.
(d) The black bathroom.

13. Why, as Griffin learns, should he not look at a white woman?
(a) It will be taken as a compliment.
(b) It is considered a submissive gesture.
(c) It is considered friendly.
(d) It will be taken as a sexual advance.

14. In the fifth section of the book, what is the second city Griffin visits?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Greenville.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) New Orleans.

15. What book does P.D. East give Griffin to read?
(a) The Smell of Burning Crosses.
(b) Rebel With a Cause.
(c) The Magnolia Jungle.
(d) Two Faces of Janus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fifth section of the book, what do many people warn Griffin about?

2. What state does Griffin decide to travel to during the second day of the sixth section of the book?

3. On the bus, what do the other blacks tell Griffin about Mississippi?

4. How does P.D. East initially interact with Griffin?

5. Why does Griffin decide to only go out at night in Montgomery?

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