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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Bessie again declares she won't help Bigger with is ransom plan, what does bigger do to persuade her?
(a) He tells her it will be over between them if she doesn't help him.
(b) Reminds her she has already helped him steal enough to land her in jail. He also threatens to slap her.
(c) He threatens to beat her if she doesn't do what he wants.
(d) He holds a knife in a threatening way and warns her she had better help him.

4. In Book Two Bigger is feeling very confident and powerful, except when he sleeps and dreams. What does he dream about after his first meeting with Britten.
(a) A church bell that turns out to be a warning bell urging him to hide himself and his package.
(b) He is carrying a package that turns out to be his own severed, bloddy head wrapped in paper.
(c) He tries to run from the blood, the coal, and white faces.
(d) All are correct.

5. 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 read his mind.
(c) In spite of her blindness she is knows exactly where he is.
(d) That she can look deep into his soul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Bigger nearly falls off the ledge, how does the writer describe what he would fall into if he had fallen?

3. What did Bigger's mother say to him after she awakens the morning after the killing?

4. In book two when Bigger finally falls asleep after hearing Peggy and Mrs. Dalton talking about Mary, what does he recall in his dream?

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

(see the answer key)

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