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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. What profession does the well-dressed black man think Griffin has?
(a) A shoeshine.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A priest.

2. What group of people does Griffin notice is particularly good at giving the hate stare?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) White businessmen.
(c) Older white women.
(d) Twenty-year-old white men.

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

4. According to Griffin, why do white men give him rides as a hitchhiker?
(a) So they can ask him personal questions.
(b) Because they feel bad for him.
(c) Because they suspect he is a white man.
(d) So they can brag to their friends.

5. After speaking with Sterling, why does Griffin decide to go to Mississippi?
(a) He wants to get away from Sterling.
(b) He wants to see what it is like there.
(c) He cannot stand being in New Orleans anymore.
(d) He needs to see another doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of the fourth section of the book, why is Sterling upset when Griffin goes to visit him?

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

3. What is the name of the well-dressed black man who gets on the bus at one of its stops?

4. How long is the break the bus driver gives his passengers on the bus to Mississippi?

5. While Griffin is traveling, where is the one place he says he feels safe?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Griffin, what is the attitude of blacks in Montgomery?

2. What does Griffin do in the Catholic church he visits?

3. Why do the young black man's children think they are having a party?

4. How does the attendant at the custard stand act toward Griffin when Griffin asks to use a restroom?

5. Why is the white man who picks Griffin up at the beginning of the fourth section hypocritical?

6. Why does P.D. East have to go to New Orleans?

7. Why does Griffin decide to go to Mississippi?

8. Why is Sterling upset when Griffin goes to see him at the shoeshine stand?

9. Describe the home of the young black man that allows Griffin to spend the night in his house.

10. What does Griffin do as he leaves the young black man's house?

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