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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The story is set in what decade?
(a) 1950's
(b) 1930's
(c) 1940's
(d) 1920's

3. What does Max want Bigger to do?
(a) Try to escape
(b) Talk to his mother
(c) Believe in himself
(d) Cry so he'd feel better

4. What does Bigger keep throwing out of his cell?
(a) His food
(b) A wooden cross
(c) His cigarette buts
(d) His old newspapers

5. What things does Mrs. Dalton question Bigger about when she comes to his room?
(a) About where the car was parked, the trunk and Jan Erlone.
(b) About Jan Erlone's involvement with the communists.
(c) About where he took Mary the night before.
(d) About Mary leaving her new clothing behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger daydream about during the second movie?

2. What is Bigger's sentence?

3. Why does Mr. Dalton refuse to have Jan Erlone picked up by the police for questioning?

4. How much money does Bigger show Bessie to try to impress her?

5. How does Max have Bigger plead at his trial?

(see the answer key)

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