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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many witnesses did State's Attorney Buckley say he was going to call to the stand?
(a) Fifty
(b) Thirty-five
(c) Sixty
(d) Ninety

2. What does Bigger do to silence Mary in her room?
(a) He stuffs the corner of her blanket in her mouth.
(b) He puts his hand over her mouth.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He puts a pillow over her face.

3. After winning the battle with "the beast" what does Bigger do?
(a) He sits down to eat dinner.
(b) He shows his mother his prize.
(c) He frightens his sister, Vera, with the body.
(d) He hides the remains.

4. What happens when Bigger tries to dispose of Mary's body?
(a) He has to steal money from Mary's purse to pay the shipping.
(b) It doesn't fit in the furnace.
(c) It's too heavy for him to lift it into the dumpster.
(d) He has to put holes in the trunk so it will sink in the water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Bigger's new cellmate ask to talk to?

2. What happens when Britten backs Bigger against the wall and grabs his collar asking him about the pamphlets Jan Erlone gave him?

3. Where does Bigger first go after leaving his home the morning after Mary's murder?

4. How did Bigger say he was feeling at the end of his final conversation with Max?

5. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?

(see the answer key)

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