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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bigger tell his friend Gus he could do if he had the chance?
(a) Rob a bank
(b) Fly a plane
(c) Drive a car
(d) Earn a lot of money

2. Where do Mary and Jan sit in the car?
(a) In the back seat.
(b) The don't, they walk.
(c) In the front seat with Bigger.
(d) The sit in the front and ask Bigger to sit in the back.

3. What does Mrs. Thomas want Bigger to do to help the family?
(a) Go to Blum's Delicatessin to get dinner.
(b) Get them a better place to live.
(c) Go to the supermarket for rat poison.
(d) Get a job.

4. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?
(a) One
(b) Four
(c) Three
(d) Two

5. After they leave the movie and go to the pool hall, what does Bigger do?
(a) He says he wants to break into the Dalton home instead of Blum's Delicatessin.
(b) Gets in a fight with Gus then breaks a bottle and cuts the felt top of the pool table.
(c) Gets in a fight with Gus, then slices the felt top of the pool table with his knife.
(d) He picks a fight with the owner of the pool hall then stabs Gus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?

2. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?

3. Where does Mary suggest she, Jan and Bigger go to eat?

4. When the young couple treats him as an equal how does if make Bigger feel?

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

(see the answer key)

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