1. When Bigger nearly falls off the ledge, how does the writer describe what he would fall into if he had fallen?
(a) "An ocean of cheers from the spectators below."
(b) "A boiling pot of hatred."
(c) "The waiting arms of the police."
(d) "An ocean of boiling hate."

2. What does the white cat do while Bigger is being questioned by the police and reporters?
(a) Sits staring intently at Bigger.
(b) Jumps on his shoulder, then walks around his feet.
(c) It keeps looking from the furnace to Bigger and back again.
(d) Jumps on his shoulder and digs in its claws.

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 wanted to know what he wanted for breakfast.
(c) She wanted to know why he was there if he was supposed to live at the Dalton's house.
(d) She told him Bessie came to see him the night before.

4. Before Bigger puts more coal on the fire, what is he certain he sees in the furnace?
(a) The white cat watching him again.
(b) He can't see anything because the light it out.
(c) Peggy watching from the top of the stairs.
(d) The shape of Mary's body beneath the coals.

5. In book two, how do the reporters decide to frame their stories?
(a) That negros are becomming more involved with communisim.
(b) That the communists have plotted the kidnapping and are blaming it on Bigger.
(c) That the negros want to be left alone and the communists forcing their beliefs on them.
(d) That the communists and the negros are working together to get the ransom.