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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bigger feel when he enters the Dalton home for the very first time?
(a) Uncomfortable
(b) Lucky
(c) Indifferent
(d) Worried

2. What does Bigger do after he puts Mary to bed?
(a) He leaves her alone
(b) He puts her into her nightgown
(c) He kisses her
(d) He covers her

3. What is the theme of the movie Bigger and Jack go to see?
(a) That white's are all communists
(b) That blacks can also be rich
(c) That white people will suffer in the depression
(d) The lifestyle of rich white people

4. How many members are in the Thomas family?
(a) Eight
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Five

5. When the young couple treats him as an equal how does if make Bigger feel?
(a) He likes them immediately.
(b) He feels uneasy and hates them.
(c) Like dumping them and picking up his friends.
(d) Like he should quit the new job.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?

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

3. What makes Mrs. Dalton leave Mary's bedroom when she comes to check on her daughter?

4. What two words best describe Bigger in this opening part of the novel?

5. Where does Bigger say white people live?

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