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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 say white people live?
(a) Inside fancy mansions
(b) Inside him and all other black people
(c) On the south side of Chicago
(d) In the ghetto

2. What is Vera doing at the YWCA?
(a) Meeting her boyfriend
(b) Teaching a class
(c) Learning to swim
(d) Taking sewing lessons

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

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?
(a) How noisy he was when he took the trunk the the basement the night before.
(b) How Mrs. Dalton nearly caught him with Mary in her bedroom the night before.
(c) How his mother warned him he'll end up in the gallows if he doesn't straighten out his life.
(d) How noisy he was when he took the trunk to the car that morning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes through Bigger's mind when he hears the music from the church?

2. What is Bigger's only regret about what he did to Bessie?

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

4. Where does Bigger take the trunk with the body inside?

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

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