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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mary suggest she, Jan and Bigger go to eat?
(a) Ms. Ernie's Rib Shack
(b) Ernetsine's Chicken Shack
(c) Ernie's Chicken and Ribs
(d) Ernie's Kitchen Shack

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

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

4. Why does Mr. Dalton refuse to have Jan Erlone picked up by the police for questioning?
(a) He is afraid of the bad publicity.
(b) He's afraid his daughter is just doing this to disgrace the family.
(c) He doesn't want the police invovled because doesn't trust them.
(d) He doesn't think Jan Erlone has anything to do with it.

5. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?
(a) To Mary's house
(b) To catch a bus
(c) To catch the train
(d) Home to her house

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peggy decide must have happened to Mary?

2. What did Bigger realize after the Judge adjourned the court for one hour?

3. Why does Bessie finally agree to help Bigger with his kidnapping scam?

4. What is Bigger's only regret about what he did to Bessie?

5. After Bigger leaves Bessie and returns to the Dalton's house what does Peggy tell him to do and why?

(see the answer key)

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