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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bigger do to Bessie after they go to the old building to hide?
(a) He rapes her then cuts off her head like he did Mary's and throws her body down an air shaft.
(b) He rapes her then after she falls alseep kills her with a brick then throws her body down an air shaft.
(c) He sleeps then awakens realizing he must kill Bessie.
(d) He smashes her head with a brick then runs away.

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

3. What happens when Bigger arrives at Bessie's apartment and he tries to kiss her?
(a) She tells him if he doesn't marry her it means he is ashamed of her.
(b) She tells him that since he now has a job he can marry her.
(c) She isn't interested because he ignored her at the diner.
(d) She argues with him about not being home when she tried to visit him the night before.

4. Where does Bigger first go after leaving his home the morning after Mary's murder?
(a) Church
(b) Bessie's apartment
(c) The Dalton's home
(d) The pool hall

5. What is the job Mr. Dalton is hiring Bigger to do?
(a) window washer
(b) handy-man
(c) butler
(d) chauffeur

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?

3. What does Bigger do with the pamphlets Jan gave him the night before?

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

5. What does the white cat do while Bigger is being questioned by the police and reporters?

(see the answer key)

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