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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What terrorizes the family in the opening of the novel?
(a) A gunman
(b) A rabid cat
(c) A rat
(d) Their landlord

2. Tell whom the lone witness to Bigger's crime is?
(a) Peggy the housekeeper
(b) The Dalton's white cat.
(c) A neighbor peeking out their window
(d) Mrs. Dalton

3. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?
(a) Her professor, Mr. Erlone
(b) Her boyfriend, Jan Erlone
(c) She doesn't ask him to pick up anyone.
(d) Her friend, Joan Erlone

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger do to silence Mary in her room?

2. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?

3. What happens when Bigger puts Mary's body in the trunk?

4. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?

5. After they leave the movie and go to the pool hall, what does Bigger do?

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