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

2. After he returns to work at the Dalton house, what happens when Peggy asks Bigger to tend to the furnace because it has been running too hot?
(a) He tells Peggy he will check the furnace later.
(b) He hurries down the stairs to shake the ashes.
(c) He tells Peggy the furnace is fine, but he will check it anyway.
(d) He fears she suspects something and plans on how he will kill her if she discovers anything about Mary.

3. As Bigger tells his fabricated story about the previous evening to Mr. Dalton and Britten, what is he feeling?
(a) So proud of his story he thinks of becoming a fiction writer.
(b) Like he is the one in control because he is telling them what he wants them to believe.
(c) Worried they will find something in his story that doesn't ring true.
(d) Afraid they won't believe him and that he'll be under suspicion.

4. How many letters did Bigger write after his sentencing?
(a) One to his mother
(b) None
(c) Three a week
(d) One to the Daltons

5. What does Bigger think when Mr. Dalton brags about giving ping pong tables to the South Side Boy's Club?
(a) That Mr. Dalton is a very generous man and he regrets killing the man's daughter.
(b) That Mr. Dalton just doesn't understand that what the people really need is social change, not things like ping pong tables.
(c) That Mr. Dalton is a shallow and unfeeling.
(d) That Mr. Dalton should give his toys to some other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book Two Bigger is feeling very confident and powerful, except when he sleeps and dreams. What does he dream about after his first meeting with Britten.

2. What does Bigger say the white people do to black people?

3. What does Mrs. Thomas want Bigger to do to help the family?

4. In Book Two as Bigger rides the streetcar, what is his only regret?

5. What did Bigger try to figure out during the days before his sentence was fulfilled?

(see the answer key)

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