Native Son Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Native Son Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bigger place the ransom note to be certain Mr. Dalton gets it?
(a) Under the back door.
(b) On Mr. Dalton's desk in his office.
(c) In the Dalton mail box.
(d) Under the front door.

2. On Bigger's first night at work, what does he, Mary and Jan do as they drive around the park?
(a) Drink beer, rum and talk about communism.
(b) Get drunk and read pamphlets
(c) Drink until they all pass out.
(d) Talk about Mary's upcoming trip.

3. What does Bigger overhear Mrs. Dalton saying to Peggy when she learns her daughter is gone?
(a) She expresses her dislike for the people Mary travels with, and is shocked she hadn't even packed her new clothing for the trip.
(b) She admits she isn't comfortable with Bigger living in the house and wonders if he frightened her daughter away.
(c) She complains that she took her daughter shopping for expensive clothing that she didn't even pack for her trip.
(d) She expains that she does not trust the people Mary associates herself with, and suspects they have something to do with Mary not being home.

4. Who did Bigger open up to about his feelings?
(a) His mother
(b) Jan
(c) Max
(d) State's Attorney Buckley

5. What does State's Attorney Buckley say about Max in his statements to the court?
(a) That Max has a deluded and diseased mind.
(b) That Max is a good lawyer, but wrong in this case.
(c) That Max doesn't even have a real law degree.
(d) That he is a no good "Red".

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bigger see Jan Erlone for the first time when Jan visits him in jail?

2. Who did Bigger's new cellmate ask to talk to?

3. What does Bigger realize after Mrs. Dalton leaves Mary's bedroom?

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

5. Why does Max say a change of venue wouldn't matter?

(see the answer key)

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