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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the custard stand attendant refuse Griffin?
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A place to sit down.
(c) A paper napkin.
(d) Free water from the hose.

2. In the fifth section of the book, what do many people warn Griffin about?
(a) Revealing his identity.
(b) Making trouble.
(c) Sexual encounters.
(d) Traveling to different cities.

3. How does Griffin remember his past experience in Mobile as a young, white man?
(a) People were difficult to talk to.
(b) People were kind and wise.
(c) He felt there was tension between races.
(d) He felt his opportunities were limited.

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

5. How long is the break the bus driver gives his passengers on the bus to Mississippi?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Three minutes.
(d) Ten minutes.

6. What does Griffin do to his skin to help get rid of some of the color?
(a) Takes his medication.
(b) Runs around town to sweat.
(c) Rubs his skin raw.
(d) Coats himself with oatmeal.

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

8. How many rooms are in the home of the young black man who befriends Griffin in the sixth section of the book?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

9. Why, as Griffin learns, should he not look at a white woman?
(a) It is considered a submissive gesture.
(b) It is considered friendly.
(c) It will be taken as a compliment.
(d) It will be taken as a sexual advance.

10. What man does Griffin credit with the difference in the attitude of blacks he notices in Montgomery?
(a) Ralph David Abernathy.
(b) Inez Baskin.
(c) Nat King Cole.
(d) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

11. What does the first white man Griffin meets in the sixth section of the book tell Griffin he and his friends do with blacks who misbehave?
(a) Send them to jail or kill them.
(b) Steal their women.
(c) Beat them until they run away.
(d) Leave them in the streets.

12. How does the well-dressed black man act toward the other blacks?
(a) He gives them money.
(b) He is pleasant and courtious.
(c) He yells at them and calls them ignorant.
(d) He refuses to speak to anyone unless he is spoken to first.

13. On the bus, what do the other blacks tell Griffin about Mississippi?
(a) It is "too tough to get a dollar for a black man."
(b) It is "the most lied about state in the union."
(c) It is "all talk and no takin.'"
(d) It is "nothing but white people."

14. According to Griffin, how do whites preserve their place in society?
(a) They prove they are better than blacks.
(b) They work hard at it.
(c) They keep blacks lower.
(d) They interact with blacks.

15. Which of these best describes where the well-dressed black man sits on the bus?
(a) With the whites.
(b) He stands.
(c) Next to Griffin.
(d) With the other blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the sixth section of the book, why does Griffin say that the night is a black man's paradise?

2. Why, as Griffin learns, should he walk down the middle of the street?

3. On the flier Griffin finds in the bathroom, what does Griffin learn a white man is asking for?

4. How does Griffin react to his interactions with the first white man he meets in the sixth section of the book?

5. How does Griffin feel as he begins to pass back into white society?

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