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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through November 10-12 1959 (pages 38-44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Griffin is walking and looking at restaurants in the third section of the book, whom does he feel he has embarrassed?
(a) White people.
(b) Other blacks.
(c) Himself.
(d) His family.

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

3. How is Griffin treated by the first black people he meets?
(a) They are cruel to him at first.
(b) They are difficult for him to talk to.
(c) They are instantly friendly toward him.
(d) They are immediately suspicious of him.

4. After his transformation, where does Griffin's first encounter with a white man take place?
(a) On the bus.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) In the street.
(d) A streetcar.

5. What experience do Griffin and Mr. Gayle agree will help blacks reach equality with whites?
(a) Riots.
(b) Education.
(c) Farming.
(d) Public disturbances.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sterling Williams treat Griffin the second time they meet?

2. What is the name of the public space that Griffin sits down in after his walk, during the third section of the book?

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

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

5. What point of view does Griffin use to tell his story?

(see the answer key)

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