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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bigger Thomas and his family live?
(a) In the basement of an abandoned building
(b) In a condo on the river
(c) An apartment in the "Black Belt"
(d) A shack along the waterfront

2. Where does Bigger have a job interview?
(a) At Blum's Delicatessin
(b) At the supermarket
(c) At the Dalton's
(d) At YMCA

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) The pamphlets Jan gave him
(c) A bottle of rum
(d) Mary's purse

4. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?
(a) Put it in a dumpster near the train station.
(b) Sink the trunk and the body in the river.
(c) Ship it in the trunk to Jan
(d) Burn it in the furnace.

5. What doe Bigger and Jack think being "Red" is?
(a) That it is better to be "Red" than dead.
(b) It's American communists.
(c) It's a violent race in Russia.
(d) It's to do with Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vera doing at the YWCA?

2. When Bigger when arrives at the Dalton home for his interview, what question plagues him as he stands outside the house?

3. Bigger and Jack stay for the second movie. What is it about?

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

5. Why does Mrs. Dalton express disappoint in Bigger?

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