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

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

3. While Griffin is on the pay phone, how does he write that he feels?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Sympathetic.
(d) Excited.

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

5. At the start of the fourth section of the book, why is Sterling upset when Griffin goes to visit him?
(a) He has heard about a disturbing court case involving a black man.
(b) He has not had a customer in more than a week.
(c) He has not gotten paid by his last customer.
(d) He has heard that other blacks were suspicious of Griffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Griffin describe the white attitude toward blacks in Mobile?

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

3. What does the custard stand attendant refuse Griffin?

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

5. How old are the children of the black man who befriends Griffin in the sixth section of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Griffin do in the Catholic church he visits?

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

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

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

8. What is once piece of advice that Bill Williams gives Griffin?

9. Why does Griffin decide to go to Mississippi?

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

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