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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tell whom the lone witness to Bigger's crime is?
(a) A neighbor peeking out their window
(b) The Dalton's white cat.
(c) Mrs. Dalton
(d) Peggy the housekeeper

2. After winning the battle with "the beast" what does Bigger do?
(a) He sits down to eat dinner.
(b) He hides the remains.
(c) He frightens his sister, Vera, with the body.
(d) He shows his mother his prize.

3. What does Bigger daydream about during the second movie?
(a) Learning the secret to "Getting hold of money."
(b) Moving out of the ghetto and into the country.
(c) Learning how to invest money and make it grow.
(d) Learning how to overcome race barriers.

4. What happens when Bigger puts Mary's body in the trunk?
(a) It doesn't fit so he rolls her in a carpet.
(b) It doesn't fit so he has to cut her limbs off.
(c) It doesn't fit so he sits on the lid until he can close it.
(d) It doesn't fit so he has to force it inside.

5. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?
(a) To catch a bus
(b) To catch the train
(c) To Mary's house
(d) Home to her house

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?

2. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?

3. After they leave the movie and go to the pool hall, what does Bigger do?

4. What does Bigger realize after Mrs. Dalton leaves Mary's bedroom?

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

(see the answer key)

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