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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Bigger have a job interview?
(a) At YMCA
(b) At the supermarket
(c) At Blum's Delicatessin
(d) At the Dalton's

3. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?
(a) Robbing a liquior store
(b) Going to college
(c) Robbing Blum's Delicatessin
(d) Taking classes at the YMCA

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

5. When Mrs. Dalton speaks to Bigger in the kitchen, what surprises him about her?
(a) In spite of her blindness she is very independent.
(b) That she can read his mind.
(c) That she can look deep into his soul.
(d) In spite of her blindness she is knows exactly where he is.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book Two Bigger is feeling very confident and powerful, except when he sleeps and dreams. What does he dream about after his first meeting with Britten.

3. When the young couple treats him as an equal how does if make Bigger feel?

4. What does Bigger do to Bessie after they go to the old building to hide?

5. What goes through Bigger's mind when he hears the music from the church?

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