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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the other whites react to Griffin's interaction with the white woman on public transportation?
(a) They spit on him.
(b) They leave.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They are angry.

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

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

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

5. While Griffin is traveling on public transportation, a white woman looks at Griffin. What type of emotion does Griffin feel this look conveys?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Disgust.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of the book, how can Griffin's point of view be best described?

2. What does Griffin say blacks use to be noticed?

3. While Griffin is sitting in the public space during the third section of the book, what does the white man tell him?

4. What city does Griffin walk through during his skin treatment?

5. After Griffin speaks to the white man in the third section of the book, how does Griffin feel physically?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think Griffin feels emotionally at the end of this section?

2. According to Griffin and Mr. Gayle, what is the first step whites believe would threaten the survival of the white race?

3. What makes Griffin decide to become a black man?

4. Do other people support Griffin when he tells them about his project?

5. Why does the white woman yell at Griffin on the bus to Canal Street?

6. What is one of the major themes found in the section section of the book?

7. Explain one of the two specific problems Griffin writes that blacks face.

8. Why is J.P. Guillory confused when he hears Griffin's name?

9. How does the manner in which Sterling Williams speaks to Griffin the second time they meet differ from that of the first time?

10. What does Griffin tell his host that he is doing in New Orleans?

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