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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) The Dalton's white cat.
(b) A neighbor peeking out their window
(c) Peggy the housekeeper
(d) Mrs. Dalton

2. What doe Bigger and Jack think being "Red" is?
(a) It's to do with Native Americans.
(b) It's American communists.
(c) It's a violent race in Russia.
(d) That it is better to be "Red" than dead.

3. What is the job Mr. Dalton is hiring Bigger to do?
(a) butler
(b) chauffeur
(c) window washer
(d) handy-man

4. Where does Bigger say white people live?
(a) Inside him and all other black people
(b) Inside fancy mansions
(c) In the ghetto
(d) On the south side of Chicago

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Bigger have a job interview?

3. Where does Bigger Thomas and his family live?

4. Where is Mary Dalton expected to go on the day after Bigger is hired by her father?

5. Who is the owner of the pool hall?

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