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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 14, 1959 (pages 45-77).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Griffin's observations, what do blacks feel they cannot do?
(a) Heighten their place among other blacks.
(b) Be treated with respect by anyone.
(c) Heighten their place in society.
(d) Sit anywhere on the bus.

2. In the third section, what area of town does Griffin walk through, looking at restaurants he is no longer allowed to enter?
(a) The French Quarter.
(b) The University District.
(c) The Garden District.
(d) Carrollton.

3. Which of these is a job that Griffin unsuccessfully tries to get at the beginning of the third section of the book?
(a) A cab driver.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A shoeshine.
(d) A typist.

4. What does Griffin discusses with Reverend A. L. Davis and Mr. Gayle?
(a) The "problem" of blacks.
(b) His project and its details.
(c) How to improve the YMCA.
(d) Housing options.

5. Which of these is a job that Griffin unsuccessfully tries to get at the beginning of the third section of the book?
(a) A clerk.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A chef.
(d) A busboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the third section of the book, what is Griffin comforted by?

2. While Griffin is walking and looking at restaurants in the third section of the book, whom does he feel he has embarrassed?

3. What does Griffin later learn about the white man who speaks to him in the public space in the third section of the book?

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

5. Where does Griffin stay while he undergoes his treatment to become black?

(see the answer key)

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