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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Bigger first awakens the morning after the murder?
(a) He doesn't think about what happened the night before.
(b) He tries to sneak out of the house unnoticed.
(c) He remembers everything he did the night before.
(d) He sees his brother, Buddy, staring at him suspiciously.

2. What does Bigger begin to wish for all blacks?
(a) That someone will bring them together to make their lives better.
(b) That they will one day make their own laws and rules.
(c) That one day blacks will one day be equal to whites.
(d) That they will become superior to the whites and treat them like they have been treated.

3. What happens when the first police officer comes through the trap door to the rooftop?
(a) Bigger throws snowballs at him.
(b) Bigger runs away.
(c) Bigger shootes him.
(d) Bigger knocks him unconscious.

4. Why is Bigger afraid of being caught in Mary's bedroom?
(a) He doesn't want to lose his job
(b) He isn't afraid of anything
(c) He is black and she is white
(d) He already has a girlfriend who is jealous

5. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?
(a) The home in the ghetto where Bigger lives.
(b) The oldest bank in the city.
(c) A limo service.
(d) A construction company.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Bigger's first night at work, what does he, Mary and Jan do as they drive around the park?

2. What does Peggy decide must have happened to Mary?

3. What happens when Bigger tries to dispose of Mary's body?

4. How does Bigger feel about Mary Dalton?

5. What does Bigger tell his friend Gus he could do if he had the chance?

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