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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Mary when Bigger takes her home?
(a) She is too drunk to walk.
(b) She doesn't want to go home.
(c) She is very sick.
(d) She wants to go right to Detroit.

2. How does Bigger get Mary to her room without disturbing anyone?
(a) He carries her
(b) He drags her
(c) He gets Peggy to help
(d) He gets her parents to help

3. After Bigger threatens Gus, who prevents him from attacking the other man?
(a) Vera
(b) G. H.
(c) Jack
(d) Bigger's mom

4. What does Mrs. Thomas want Bigger to do to help the family?
(a) Go to the supermarket for rat poison.
(b) Get them a better place to live.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Go to Blum's Delicatessin to get dinner.

5. What does Bigger tell his friend Gus he could do if he had the chance?
(a) Rob a bank
(b) Fly a plane
(c) Earn a lot of money
(d) Drive a car

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job Mr. Dalton is hiring Bigger to do?

2. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?

3. Where does Bigger say white people live?

4. What kind of relationship does Bigger have with Gus?

5. On Bigger's first night at work, what does he, Mary and Jan do as they drive around the park?

(see the answer key)

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