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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 Max say is possible if the wealthy don't begin to understand what they are doing to the Negros in America?
(a) Another civil war
(b) Another world war
(c) There will eventually be more Negros and they will use their vote to change things.
(d) An uprising

2. What happens when Bigger climbs another ledge on the rooftop and beings crawling away?
(a) He gets away.
(b) He hides behind a chimney.
(c) He buries himself in snow so they don't see him.
(d) He is spotted.

3. As Bigger is leaving the Dalton home after Mary's death, what does he find near the Dalton's car?
(a) Mary's expensive necklace
(b) Mary's purse
(c) A bottle of rum
(d) The pamphlets Jan gave him

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

5. What does Bigger do after the body is finally disposed of?
(a) He steals money from Mary's purse then goes home to sleep.
(b) He takes Mary's necklace to a pawn shop then goes home with the money.
(c) He finishes the bottle of rum then goes home to sleep.
(d) He takes the pamphlets Jan gave him and plants them in Mary's room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many witnesses did State's Attorney Buckley say he was going to call to the stand?

2. What happens when one of the men discovers bone and an earring in the ashes?

3. What does Bigger do to Bessie after they go to the old building to hide?

4. When Mrs. Dalton speaks to Bigger in the kitchen, what surprises him about her?

5. On the streetcar on the way to Bessie's apartment what does Bigger want to shout?

(see the answer key)

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