View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What terrorizes the family in the opening of the novel?
(a) A rabid cat
(b) A rat
(c) A gunman
(d) Their landlord

2. What happens when Bigger arrives at Bessie's apartment and he tries to kiss her?
(a) She tells him if he doesn't marry her it means he is ashamed of her.
(b) She tells him that since he now has a job he can marry her.
(c) She isn't interested because he ignored her at the diner.
(d) She argues with him about not being home when she tried to visit him the night before.

3. How is building Bigger chose as the lookout point for the money drop described in the story.
(a) A large, white building.
(b) A vacant building in the slums.
(c) A tall, white and silent building.
(d) A white, vacant, quiet building.

4. Before Bigger puts more coal on the fire, what is he certain he sees in the furnace?
(a) He can't see anything because the light it out.
(b) The white cat watching him again.
(c) The shape of Mary's body beneath the coals.
(d) Peggy watching from the top of the stairs.

5. What happens when Bigger first awakens the morning after the murder?
(a) He remembers everything he did the night before.
(b) He sees his brother, Buddy, staring at him suspiciously.
(c) He doesn't think about what happened the night before.
(d) He tries to sneak out of the house unnoticed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book Two as Bigger rides the streetcar, what is his only regret?

3. When Bessie again declares she won't help Bigger with is ransom plan, what does bigger do to persuade her?

4. What is Bigger's only regret about what he did to Bessie?

5. Who is the owner of the pool hall?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 462 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample