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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Bigger returns to the Dalton home with Mary's trunk, he again goes to check the furnace. Who interrupts him?
(a) Mr. Dalton and a group of white men.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Dalton and Peggy.
(c) The police.
(d) Mrs. Dalton and a white private investigator.

2. What is Vera doing at the YWCA?
(a) Meeting her boyfriend
(b) Teaching a class
(c) Taking sewing lessons
(d) Learning to swim

3. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?
(a) She doesn't ask him to pick up anyone.
(b) Her boyfriend, Jan Erlone
(c) Her professor, Mr. Erlone
(d) Her friend, Joan Erlone

4. 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.
(a) He tries to run from the blood, the coal, and white faces.
(b) All are correct.
(c) A church bell that turns out to be a warning bell urging him to hide himself and his package.
(d) He is carrying a package that turns out to be his own severed, bloddy head wrapped in paper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Bigger's plans for the kidnapping farce?

2. After meeting Mrs. Dalton, what two things does Bigger note about her?

3. What does Bigger do to silence Mary in her room?

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

5. When Peggy finds Mary is not in her room what does she question Bigger about it, and what does he tell her?

(see the answer key)

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