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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Griffin give the children of the young black man?
(a) Ribbons.
(b) Soda pop.
(c) Candy.
(d) Pencils.
2. What group of people does Griffin notice is particularly good at giving the hate stare?
(a) White businessmen.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Older white women.
(d) Twenty-year-old white men.
3. What types of rumors does Griffin try to dispel about blacks in the fifth section of the book?
(a) Hygiene stereotypes.
(b) Travel methods stereotypes.
(c) Sexual and moral stereotypes.
(d) Education stereotypes.
4. According to Griffin, why do white men give him rides as a hitchhiker?
(a) So they can brag to their friends.
(b) Because they suspect he is a white man.
(c) Because they feel bad for him.
(d) So they can ask him personal questions.
5. Why does Griffin decide to only go out at night in Montgomery?
(a) So he will be safe from riots.
(b) So he will not get the hate stare.
(c) So his body will not overheat.
(d) So his skin will not be exposed to the sun.
6. When Griffin gets on the bus in Mississippi, where does he sit?
(a) At the back of the bus.
(b) Next to a white woman.
(c) Next to a white man.
(d) At the front of the bus.
7. What book does P.D. East give Griffin to read?
(a) The Smell of Burning Crosses.
(b) Two Faces of Janus.
(c) The Magnolia Jungle.
(d) Rebel With a Cause.
8. How old are the children of the black man who befriends Griffin in the sixth section of the book?
(a) All are babies.
(b) Nine to eighteen.
(c) Nine to four months.
(d) Ten to fifteen.
9. According to Griffin, how do whites preserve their place in society?
(a) They keep blacks lower.
(b) They interact with blacks.
(c) They work hard at it.
(d) They prove they are better than blacks.
10. In the sixth section of the book, why does Griffin say that the night is a black man's paradise?
(a) He feels he can blend into the darkness.
(b) He does not have to work.
(c) He can being traveling again.
(d) He will not have to worry about food.
11. How does Griffin describe the white attitude toward blacks in Mobile?
(a) They are outright friendly toward blacks, more so than whites in other cities.
(b) They don't hate blacks personally, they just don't want them around.
(c) They have a deep hatred of blacks on all levels.
(d) They are accepting of blacks in all places.
12. At the start of the fifth section of the book, where do Griffin and P.D. East go?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Durham.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) Jackson.
13. After visiting with the young black man, whom does Griffin call on the pay phone?
(a) George Levitan.
(b) His doctor.
(c) His wife.
(d) Sterling Williams.
14. After the well-dressed black man leaves, what is the name of the man who sits next to Griffin?
(a) Bill Williams.
(b) Tom Cunningham.
(c) Whitey Jones.
(d) Marcus Plumblee.
15. After speaking with Sterling, why does Griffin decide to go to Mississippi?
(a) He wants to see what it is like there.
(b) He needs to see another doctor.
(c) He wants to get away from Sterling.
(d) He cannot stand being in New Orleans anymore.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Griffin react to his interactions with the first white man he meets in the sixth section of the book?
2. How does Griffin travel away from Montgomery?
3. While Griffin is traveling, where is the one place he says he feels safe?
4. How does P.D. East initially interact with Griffin?
5. According to Griffin's observations, how do blacks on the bus interact with one another at first?
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