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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the well-dressed black man who gets on the bus at one of its stops?

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

3. Who is the author of the piece of writing Griffin picks up at the church?

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

5. Outside the bathroom with the flier, what does Griffin see in the trashcan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Griffin, how do the blacks automatically act among one another on the bus to Mississippi?

3. Why does Christophe make Griffin nervous?

4. What does Griffin mean when he says he feels like a tenth-class citizen?

5. Why does Griffin decide to go to Mississippi?

6. According to Griffin, what is the attitude of blacks in Montgomery?

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

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

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

10. Describe the home of the young black man that allows Griffin to spend the night in his house.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the attitudes of residents in two different cities in the book. Include analysis of the attitudes of blacks in these cities, and the attitudes of whites in these cities. Be sure to use Griffin's observations to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

When Griffin hears about a lynching in Mississippi, he goes to visit the city and see what race relations are like there. How are violent acts like lynchings reflected in society? What do these events reveal about the surrounding community? Use details from Griffin's visit to Mississippi to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the public reacts to Griffin's story. What events take place? Using your knowledge of the Civil Rights movement, analyze this reaction. Was it an expected or unexpected reaction? Use supporting examples from the text in your response.

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