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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?
(a) To catch the train
(b) To Mary's house
(c) Home to her house
(d) To catch a bus

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

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

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

5. Where does Bigger have a job interview?
(a) At Blum's Delicatessin
(b) At the Dalton's
(c) At YMCA
(d) At the supermarket

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Bigger tries to dispose of Mary's body?

2. How does Bigger get Mary to her room without disturbing anyone?

3. What doe Bigger and Jack think being "Red" is?

4. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?

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

(see the answer key)

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