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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bigger afraid to do?
(a) Hope
(b) Pray
(c) Love
(d) Cry

2. What does Bigger realize after Mrs. Dalton leaves Mary's bedroom?
(a) That Mary wanted him to kiss her.
(b) That he is a very lucky young man.
(c) That Mary had a heart attack.
(d) That he killed Mary by smothering her.

3. Where is Mary Dalton expected to go on the day after Bigger is hired by her father?
(a) To a communist rally
(b) Detroit
(c) To a union meeting
(d) University

4. How does Mrs. Dalton look when she comes to Bigger's room to question him about Mary's disappearance?
(a) She's dressed in white and she looks suspicious.
(b) She's wearing black because she knows Mary is dead.
(c) She's dressed in white and she is very pale.
(d) She's wearing a white pants suit and has her white hair tied back in a bun.

5. What does Bigger think when Mr. Dalton brags about giving ping pong tables to the South Side Boy's Club?
(a) That Mr. Dalton just doesn't understand that what the people really need is social change, not things like ping pong tables.
(b) That Mr. Dalton should give his toys to some other people.
(c) That Mr. Dalton is a shallow and unfeeling.
(d) That Mr. Dalton is a very generous man and he regrets killing the man's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members are in the Thomas family?

2. What is the third thing Bigger admitted to Max he would have liked to have been?

3. What is the real crime Bigger thinks he committed?

4. Who did Bigger want to see before he died?

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

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