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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. 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) Steal their women.
(b) Leave them in the streets.
(c) Send them to jail or kill them.
(d) Beat them until they run away.

2. Where does Griffin decide to go after Montgomery?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Huntsville.

3. Where does Griffin stay during the first night of the sixth section of the book?
(a) A Northern white man's house.
(b) He sleeps in a car.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A young black man's house.

4. What does the custard stand attendant refuse Griffin?
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A paper napkin.
(c) Free water from the hose.
(d) A place to sit down.

5. What man does Griffin credit with the difference in the attitude of blacks he notices in Montgomery?
(a) Ralph David Abernathy.
(b) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Nat King Cole.
(d) Inez Baskin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what state is the man who picks Griffin up as a hitchhiker?

3. According to Griffin, how do many whites claim to keep their race pure?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Christophe make Griffin nervous?

7. Why does Griffin decide to go to Mississippi?

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

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

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

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