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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 describe the white attitude toward blacks in Mobile?
(a) They are accepting of blacks in all places.
(b) They don't hate blacks personally, they just don't want them around.
(c) They are outright friendly toward blacks, more so than whites in other cities.
(d) They have a deep hatred of blacks on all levels.

2. After the man who picks him up as a hitchhiker drops Griffin off, how does he immediately continue his travels?
(a) He walks.
(b) He takes a bus.
(c) He gets on a train.
(d) He is picked up by another hitchhiker.

3. What profession does P.D. East have?
(a) He is a city official.
(b) He is a doctor specializing in skin care.
(c) He is a restaurant owner.
(d) He is the editor of a local newspaper.

4. Where does Griffin go immediately after leaving the church?
(a) To meet a friend.
(b) A different church.
(c) To buy dinner.
(d) The bus station.

5. According to Griffin, why do white men give him rides as a hitchhiker?
(a) So they can ask him personal questions.
(b) Because they feel bad for him.
(c) So they can brag to their friends.
(d) Because they suspect he is a white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the well-dressed black man act toward the other blacks?

2. What does Griffin do to his skin to help get rid of some of the color?

3. What man does Griffin credit with the difference in the attitude of blacks he notices in Montgomery?

4. How does Griffin feel as he begins to pass back into white society?

5. What job does the well-dressed black man say he used to have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Griffin decide to go to Mississippi?

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

3. Why is the white man who picks Griffin up at the beginning of the fourth section hypocritical?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Christophe make Griffin nervous?

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