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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 think about the disbelief he reads on the faces of his friends when they visit him in jail?
(a) They should be pleased that he has taken the responsibility for being black from their shoulders.
(b) That they should know what a hot head is is.
(c) He dislikes seeing they still don't see what he is capable of doing.
(d) That they really were dumb not to join him in robbing the dellicatessin.

2. How does Max respond when Bigger asks why people hate him so much?
(a) They don't hate just him, they hate everyone that is different from them.
(b) He was not doing what they wanted him to do.
(c) They are afraid of losing what they have and will even hurt others to keep it.
(d) That he had taken things from them and they hated him for it.

3. When Mrs. Dalton speaks to Bigger in the kitchen, what surprises him about her?
(a) In spite of her blindness she is very independent.
(b) That she can look deep into his soul.
(c) In spite of her blindness she is knows exactly where he is.
(d) That she can read his mind.

4. Who does Bigger see when he, Mary and Jan enter the restaurant?
(a) Gus, Jack and G.H.
(b) Jack and Bessie Mears
(c) Jack and G.H.
(d) Gus and Bessie Mears

5. What is Bigger's final request of Max?
(a) He made no final request.
(b) To write a novel about him.
(c) To say, "Good-bye," to everyone.
(d) Tell tell Jan Erlone he said, "Hello."

Short Answer Questions

1. Tell whom the lone witness to Bigger's crime is?

2. What does Bigger call the army?

3. What does the white cat do while Bigger is being questioned by the police and reporters?

4. How does Bigger feel when he enters the Dalton home for the very first time?

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

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