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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bigger finally do after wandering the streets looking for food and shelter?
(a) He buys a loaf of bread then finds an empty apartment to break into.
(b) He steals a loaf of bread then finds an empty apartment to break into.
(c) He steals a loaf of bread then hides in an alley to eat it.
(d) He hides with a group of homeless people living near the river.

2. What does Bigger say about church and religion?
(a) Only poor people are happy in church.
(b) If he was religious he'd be dead now.
(c) It's for whipped folks.
(d) All of the above

3. What makes Mrs. Dalton leave Mary's bedroom when she comes to check on her daughter?
(a) She thinks her daugher is asleep.
(b) She smells liquor and thinks her daughter is passed out.
(c) She is afraid of Bigger.
(d) She goes to get her husband.

4. What does Bigger keep throwing out of his cell?
(a) A wooden cross
(b) His old newspapers
(c) His cigarette buts
(d) His food

5. What does Max want Bigger to do?
(a) Believe in himself
(b) Talk to his mother
(c) Cry so he'd feel better
(d) Try to escape

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes through Bigger's mind when he hears the music from the church?

2. When Bigger nearly falls off the ledge, how does the writer describe what he would fall into if he had fallen?

3. How many people are searching for Bigger?

4. How did Bigger deal with the first days after his sentencing?

5. Who did Bigger open up to about his feelings?

(see the answer key)

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