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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After meeting Mrs. Dalton, what two things does Bigger note about her?
(a) She is an attractive woman with a good education.
(b) She is blind and uses words he doesn't understand.
(c) She is afraid to speak up to her husband and seems afraid of him.
(d) She is blind and much younger than her husband.

2. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?
(a) Four
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) Two

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

4. What terrorizes the family in the opening of the novel?
(a) A rat
(b) A rabid cat
(c) Their landlord
(d) A gunman

5. Where does Bigger take the trunk with the body inside?
(a) Into the garage
(b) Into the basement
(c) To a dumpster
(d) Out to the car

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?

2. What Bigger and his friends call the game they play?

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

4. What is the title of the first part of the novel?

5. Where does Mrs. Thomas say Bigger will end up if he doesn't straighten out his life?

(see the answer key)

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