1. As Bigger tells his fabricated story about the previous evening to Mr. Dalton and Britten, what is he feeling?
(a) Afraid they won't believe him and that he'll be under suspicion.
(b) So proud of his story he thinks of becoming a fiction writer.
(c) Worried they will find something in his story that doesn't ring true.
(d) Like he is the one in control because he is telling them what he wants them to believe.

2. What keeps stopping Bigger from shaking down the ashes in the furnace?
(a) He is afraid of burning himself.
(b) He wants to make sure Mary's body is completely burned.
(c) He doesn't know the ashes need to be removed.
(d) Fear and dread

3. What does Bigger do with the pamphlets Jan gave him the night before?
(a) He burns them.
(b) He throws them in the trash.
(c) He sits on the bed and reads them.
(d) He goes to his room in the Dalton house and carefully puts them in his drawer.

4. What happens when Bigger first awakens the morning after the murder?
(a) He tries to sneak out of the house unnoticed.
(b) He sees his brother, Buddy, staring at him suspiciously.
(c) He remembers everything he did the night before.
(d) He doesn't think about what happened the night before.

5. What does Bigger do after the body is finally disposed of?
(a) He takes Mary's necklace to a pawn shop then goes home with the money.
(b) He finishes the bottle of rum then goes home to sleep.
(c) He steals money from Mary's purse then goes home to sleep.
(d) He takes the pamphlets Jan gave him and plants them in Mary's room.