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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 happens when Griffin returns the look of the white woman on public transportation?
(a) She tells her husband.
(b) She turns away.
(c) She leaves.
(d) She yells at him.

2. At the church downtown, what does Griffin pick up?
(a) A pamphlet.
(b) A book.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A psalm.

3. Who helps Griffin darken his skin?
(a) His wife.
(b) A friend.
(c) A doctor.
(d) The magazine owner.

4. At the start of the fifth section of the book, with whom do Griffin and P.D. East meet?
(a) Sterling Williams.
(b) George Levitan.
(c) Dr. Sid Blander.
(d) Dean Sam Gandy.

5. What job does the well-dressed black man say he used to have?
(a) An altar boy.
(b) A priest.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A journalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is a problem Griffin says blacks face?

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

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

4. What street does Griffin travel to first, after he finds a bathroom to use?

5. According to Griffin, how do whites preserve their place in society?

(see the answer key)

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