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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Britten?
(a) A neighbor who saw Bigger carrying Mary into the house the night before.
(b) A private investigator from Mr. Dalton's company.
(c) A private investigator Mr. Dalton hired that day to find Mary.
(d) A detective with the Chicago P.D..

2. How does Bigger feel when he enters the Dalton home for the very first time?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Uncomfortable
(c) Lucky
(d) Worried

3. What Bigger and his friends call the game they play?
(a) Catch me if you can
(b) "White"
(c) "Black" against "White"
(d) Kick the can

4. When Bigger when arrives at the Dalton home for his interview, what question plagues him as he stands outside the house?
(a) He's worried they will dislike him because he is black.
(b) Whether he should be dressed in nicer clothing.
(c) He's concerned he won't be able to do the job.
(d) Whether he should go to the front door or the back.

5. Tell whom the lone witness to Bigger's crime is?
(a) A neighbor peeking out their window
(b) Mrs. Dalton
(c) The Dalton's white cat.
(d) Peggy the housekeeper

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bigger feel committing murder has changed his life?

2. What does Bigger contemplate while standing on the rooftop?

3. On Bigger's first night at work, what does he, Mary and Jan do as they drive around the park?

4. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?

5. Where does the novel "Native Son" take place?

(see the answer key)

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