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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 do the children of the young black man ask Griffin?
(a) They ask him about his own children.
(b) They ask him about his accent.
(c) They ask him where he is from.
(d) They ask him about his money.

2. Which of these is a job that Griffin unsuccessfully tries to get at the beginning of the third section of the book?
(a) A bookkeeper.
(b) A musician.
(c) A publisher.
(d) A brick layer.

3. Besides Sterling, with whom does Griffin eat lunch at the shoeshine stand?
(a) George Levitan.
(b) Sterling's friend Joe.
(c) The black widow.
(d) Sterling's brother.

4. What emotion does Griffin have at the end of the second section of the book?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Curiosity.

5. What city does Griffin walk through during his skin treatment?
(a) Jackson.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Talahassee.
(d) Baton Rouge.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his transformation, where does Griffin's first encounter with a white man take place?

2. How does Griffin pay for his journey as a black man?

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

5. How does Griffin describe the white attitude toward blacks in Mobile?

(see the answer key)

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