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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 say white people live?
(a) Inside him and all other black people
(b) On the south side of Chicago
(c) Inside fancy mansions
(d) In the ghetto

2. After Bigger threatens Gus, who prevents him from attacking the other man?
(a) Bigger's mom
(b) Vera
(c) Jack
(d) G. H.

3. 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.

4. What happens when Bigger puts Mary's body in the trunk?
(a) It doesn't fit so he rolls her in a carpet.
(b) It doesn't fit so he has to cut her limbs off.
(c) It doesn't fit so he has to force it inside.
(d) It doesn't fit so he sits on the lid until he can close it.

5. Why is Bigger afraid of being caught in Mary's bedroom?
(a) He already has a girlfriend who is jealous
(b) He isn't afraid of anything
(c) He doesn't want to lose his job
(d) He is black and she is white

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?

3. How does Bigger feel when he enters the Dalton home for the very first time?

4. Tell whom the lone witness to Bigger's crime is?

5. How does Bigger plan to explain his fingerprints in Mary's bedroom?

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