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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After winning the battle with "the beast" what does Bigger do?
(a) He shows his mother his prize.
(b) He hides the remains.
(c) He sits down to eat dinner.
(d) He frightens his sister, Vera, with the body.

2. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?
(a) The butler.
(b) The house-keeper.
(c) Mr. Dalton
(d) Mary Dalton

3. What are Bigger's plans for the kidnapping farce?
(a) Put $100,000 in a hat box that he will retrieve.
(b) Have $10,000 put in a shoe box that will be dropped and Bessie will retrieve.
(c) Put $1,000 in a hat box that Bessie will retrieve.
(d) But $100,000 in a shoe box that will be dropped and Bessie will retrieve.

4. What is Vera doing at the YWCA?
(a) Meeting her boyfriend
(b) Taking sewing lessons
(c) Teaching a class
(d) Learning to swim

5. What does Bigger contemplate while standing on the rooftop?
(a) Jumping to his death.
(b) Shooting himself.
(c) Trying to look for a fire escape.
(d) Trying to jump to the next building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Bigger and his friends call the game they play?

2. How does Bigger sign the ransom note he has written to Mr. Dalton?

3. What does Bigger daydream about during the second movie?

4. How does Bigger feel about Mary Dalton?

5. After he recalls killing Mary Dalton, what did Bigger realize he left in plain sight of his mother and his siblings?

(see the answer key)

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