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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 24- December 4, 1959 (pages 102-139).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major theme is introduced in the second section of the book?
(a) Life and death.
(b) Hate within a group.
(c) Solidarity among males.
(d) Hate between blacks and whites.

2. While Griffin is in the cab after getting off the bus, what is the name of the person the cab driver talks about?
(a) Sterling Williams.
(b) Max Parker.
(c) George Levitan.
(d) Carl Thorton.

3. How old are the children of the black man who befriends Griffin in the sixth section of the book?
(a) All are babies.
(b) Nine to four months.
(c) Nine to eighteen.
(d) Ten to fifteen.

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

5. What state does Griffin decide to travel to during the second day of the sixth section of the book?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the well-dressed black man say his mother is from?

3. What does Griffin give the wife of the young black man?

4. What type of transportation does Griffin use to get to the street he visits first in New Orleans?

5. According to Griffin's observations, how do blacks on the bus interact with one another at first?

(see the answer key)

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