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

2. How does the well-dressed black man make Griffin feel?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Entertained.
(d) Nervous.

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

4. At the beginning of the sixth section of the book, how does Griffin decide to leave Mobile?
(a) A train.
(b) A bus.
(c) Hitchhiking.
(d) Walking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these best describes where the well-dressed black man sits on the bus?

2. Why, as Griffin learns, should he not look at a white woman?

3. At the start of the fourth section of the book, how much time has passed since Griffin became a black man?

4. On the flier Griffin finds in the bathroom, what does Griffin learn a white man is asking for?

5. How does Griffin travel away from Montgomery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Christophe make Griffin nervous?

3. Why do the young black man's children think they are having a party?

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

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

6. How does Griffin pass back into white society?

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

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

9. What does Griffin do as he leaves the young black man's house?

10. Why does P.D. East have to go to New Orleans?

(see the answer keys)

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