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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 one of the men discovers bone and an earring in the ashes?
(a) Bigger sneaks out of the basement door and runs to Bessie's apartment.
(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 slips away from the men then jumps out of a second story window into the snow.

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

3. What does Bigger realize after Mrs. Dalton leaves Mary's bedroom?
(a) That Mary wanted him to kiss her.
(b) That he is a very lucky young man.
(c) That he killed Mary by smothering her.
(d) That Mary had a heart attack.

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

5. How does Bigger feel when he enters the Dalton home for the very first time?
(a) Lucky
(b) Indifferent
(c) Worried
(d) Uncomfortable

Short Answer Questions

1. On the streetcar on the way to Bessie's apartment what does Bigger want to shout?

2. What is Vera doing at the YWCA?

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

4. What kind of relationship does Bigger have with Gus?

5. Why does Bigger seem bothered that the newspaper only just wrote about him after he killed Mary?

(see the answer key)

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