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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bigger and Jack stay for the second movie. What is it about?
(a) Black Americans
(b) Naked native Africans dancing to drums.
(c) Native African's hunting in the jungle
(d) Multi-cultural dances

2. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?
(a) Put it in a dumpster near the train station.
(b) Burn it in the furnace.
(c) Sink the trunk and the body in the river.
(d) Ship it in the trunk to Jan

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

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

5. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?
(a) Her friend, Joan Erlone
(b) Her professor, Mr. Erlone
(c) Her boyfriend, Jan Erlone
(d) She doesn't ask him to pick up anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. After winning the battle with "the beast" what does Bigger do?

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

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

4. Where does Bigger take the trunk with the body inside?

5. When Bigger when arrives at the Dalton home for his interview, what question plagues him as he stands outside the house?

(see the answer key)

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