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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Mary when Bigger takes her home?
(a) She wants to go right to Detroit.
(b) She is very sick.
(c) She is too drunk to walk.
(d) She doesn't want to go home.

2. What two words best describe Bigger in this opening part of the novel?
(a) Pessimistic and Angry
(b) Hopeless and Fun-loving
(c) Helpless and Strong
(d) Angry and Joker

3. When Mrs. Dalton speaks to Bigger in the kitchen, what surprises him about her?
(a) In spite of her blindness she is very independent.
(b) That she can look deep into his soul.
(c) That she can read his mind.
(d) In spite of her blindness she is knows exactly where he is.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Bigger threatens Gus, who prevents him from attacking the other man?

2. Who is the owner of the pool hall?

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

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

5. What is Vera doing at the YWCA?

(see the answer key)

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