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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 wrong with Mary when Bigger takes her home?
(a) She is too drunk to walk.
(b) She wants to go right to Detroit.
(c) She doesn't want to go home.
(d) She is very sick.

2. Who is Britten?
(a) A private investigator from Mr. Dalton's company.
(b) A detective with the Chicago P.D..
(c) A neighbor who saw Bigger carrying Mary into the house the night before.
(d) A private investigator Mr. Dalton hired that day to find Mary.

3. 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) Jan Erlone runs away when he sees Bigger has a knife.
(b) Bigger pulls a gun on Jan Erlone.
(c) Bigger runs away.
(d) Bigger tells Jan Erlone he doesn't need his help.

4. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?
(a) The home in the ghetto where Bigger lives.
(b) A construction company.
(c) The oldest bank in the city.
(d) A limo service.

5. Where does the novel "Native Son" take place?
(a) Birmingham
(b) Philadelphia
(c) New York City
(d) Chicago

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Dalton speaks to Bigger in the kitchen, what surprises him about her?

2. What is the theme of the movie Bigger and Jack go to see?

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

4. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?

5. How many members are in the Thomas family?

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