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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do P.D. East's neighbors and friends treat him?
(a) They are friendly with him.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They spit on him in public.
(d) They treat him with respect.

2. On the flier Griffin finds in the bathroom, what does Griffin learn a white man is asking for?
(a) A black man to work in his house.
(b) A black person to commit a murder.
(c) A black girl to sleep with.
(d) A black man to work outside.

3. What does the first white man Griffin meets in the sixth section of the book tell Griffin he and his friends do with blacks who misbehave?
(a) Leave them in the streets.
(b) Beat them until they run away.
(c) Steal their women.
(d) Send them to jail or kill them.

4. 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 do not interact with blacks at all.
(c) They say they have a good relationship with blacks.
(d) They say they have a troubling relationship with blacks.

5. How does Griffin remember his past experience in Mobile as a young, white man?
(a) He felt there was tension between races.
(b) People were difficult to talk to.
(c) People were kind and wise.
(d) He felt his opportunities were limited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the well-dressed black man say his mother is from?

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

3. How do the children of the young black man say goodnight to Griffin?

4. At the start of the fifth section of the book, with whom do Griffin and P.D. East meet?

5. What group of people does Griffin notice is particularly good at giving the hate stare?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Griffin arrive at the house of his friend, P.D. East?

2. Describe what Griffin sees on the bathroom wall of the bus station.

3. How does the city of Montgomery change for Griffin as he becomes more and more white?

4. How does the man from Massachusetts Griffin meets while hitchhiking feel about people from Mississippi?

5. How does Griffin feel when he calls his wife on the phone?

6. Why does the black preacher Griffin meets in Mobile say he loves whites?

7. Explain why Griffin thinks white men pick him up while he is hitchhiking.

8. How does the attendant at the custard stand act toward Griffin when Griffin asks to use a restroom?

9. What attitude does Griffin feel most whites in Mobile take towards blacks?

10. Why is Sterling upset when Griffin goes to see him at the shoeshine stand?

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