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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bigger do with the pamphlets Jan gave him the night before?
(a) He burns them.
(b) He throws them in the trash.
(c) He goes to his room in the Dalton house and carefully puts them in his drawer.
(d) He sits on the bed and reads them.

2. What kind of relationship does Bigger have with Gus?
(a) They are best friends
(b) They are classmates
(c) They are half brothers
(d) It is a volatile relationship

3. What did Bigger's mother say to him after she awakens the morning after the killing?
(a) She wanted to know why he came in after 4 in the morning.
(b) She told him Bessie came to see him the night before.
(c) She wanted to know why he was there if he was supposed to live at the Dalton's house.
(d) She wanted to know what he wanted for breakfast.

4. What did Bigger try to figure out during the days before his sentence was fulfilled?
(a) What he did wrong
(b) How to excape
(c) How he could have gotten away
(d) His feelings

5. What happens after Jan Erlone sees Bigger on the street and offers to help him, then invites him out for coffee to talk about the situation?
(a) Bigger tells Jan Erlone he doesn't need his help.
(b) Bigger pulls a gun on Jan Erlone.
(c) Bigger runs away.
(d) Jan Erlone runs away when he sees Bigger has a knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger's brother, Buddy, offer to do to defend him?

2. What happens when Bigger puts Mary's body in the trunk?

3. Why does Bigger seem bothered that the newspaper only just wrote about him after he killed Mary?

4. What is different about Bigger and his friend's plan this time?

5. What does Bigger do after he puts Mary to bed?

(see the answer key)

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