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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?
(a) A construction company.
(b) The home in the ghetto where Bigger lives.
(c) A limo service.
(d) The oldest bank in the city.

2. What two words best describe Bigger in this opening part of the novel?
(a) Helpless and Strong
(b) Pessimistic and Angry
(c) Hopeless and Fun-loving
(d) Angry and Joker

3. What is different about Bigger and his friend's plan this time?
(a) They will do it in daylight instead of night.
(b) They will wear the jersey of a vival gang.
(c) They will use a gun and the person is white.
(d) They will use a car to getaway.

4. What does Bigger realize after Mrs. Dalton leaves Mary's bedroom?
(a) That he is a very lucky young man.
(b) That he killed Mary by smothering her.
(c) That Mary wanted him to kiss her.
(d) That Mary had a heart attack.

5. Why does Mrs. Dalton express disappoint in Bigger?
(a) Because he is in a gang.
(b) Because he has a prison record.
(c) Because he does not want to continue his education.
(d) Because he doesn't like her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?

2. Where do Mary and Jan sit in the car?

3. How does Bigger feel about Mary Dalton?

4. What terrorizes the family in the opening of the novel?

5. The story is set in what decade?

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