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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) One

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

4. What does Bigger do to silence Mary in her room?
(a) He stuffs the corner of her blanket in her mouth.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He puts a pillow over her face.
(d) He puts his hand over her mouth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Mary when Bigger takes her home?

2. The story is set in what decade?

3. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?

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

5. Where do Mary and Jan sit in the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the story Bigger planned to tell when he returned in the morning?

2. Why does Bigger seem to take an instant dislike to Mary Dalton?

3. Why did Bigger help Mary to her room instead of waking her parents and letting them know her drunken condition?

4. Why does Bigger get so angry and violent with Gus when he says he'll go along with the robbery?

5. How does Bigger feel about his family?

6. Why did Bigger want to kill the cat?

7. What is the symbolism of the two movies Bigger and his friends saw?

8. Why do the Dalton's make Bigger feel so uncomfortable?

9. Explain the game, "White," that Bigger and his friends played.

10. After Bigger realized Mary was dead, why didn't he even consider just telling the truth?

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