Native Son Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Native Son Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bigger take the trunk with the body inside?
(a) Into the garage
(b) Out to the car
(c) Into the basement
(d) To a dumpster

2. In Book Two as Bigger rides the streetcar, what is his only regret?
(a) That he ever got mixed up with the Dalton's in the first place.
(b) That he had to work.
(c) That he hadn't planned the murder so he could have gotten more money and felt more successful.
(d) That Mary's body didn't fit in the furnace. He hated all the blood when he cut off her head.

3. Why does Bigger seem bothered that the newspaper only just wrote about him after he killed Mary?
(a) Becaue he has felt the same anger and hatred inside him his entire life and no one ever wrote about it before.
(b) He is thrilled the newspaper is writing about him and thinks about killing again for more attention.
(c) He is unhappy because the story isn't accurate.
(d) Because he didn't like the attention that could result in his being caught.

4. What happens when one of the men discovers bone and an earring in the ashes?
(a) Bigger slips away from the men then jumps out of a second story window into the snow.
(b) He jumps out of a second story windown into the snow then runs to Bessie's apartment.
(c) He jumps out a window and hurts his knee, so he has to walk slowly to Bessie's apartment.
(d) Bigger sneaks out of the basement door and runs to Bessie's apartment.

5. What are Bigger's plans for the kidnapping farce?
(a) But $100,000 in a shoe box that will be dropped and Bessie will retrieve.
(b) Put $100,000 in a hat box that he will retrieve.
(c) Put $1,000 in a hat box that Bessie will retrieve.
(d) Have $10,000 put in a shoe box that will be dropped and Bessie will retrieve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the first police officer comes through the trap door to the rooftop?

2. After he recalls killing Mary Dalton, what did Bigger realize he left in plain sight of his mother and his siblings?

3. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?

4. How does Bigger feel committing murder has changed his life?

5. What does Bigger say when Bessie asks if he murdered Mary Dalton?

(see the answer key)

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