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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Bigger and his friend's plan this time?
(a) They will wear the jersey of a vival gang.
(b) They will use a car to getaway.
(c) They will do it in daylight instead of night.
(d) They will use a gun and the person is white.

2. What things does Mrs. Dalton question Bigger about when she comes to his room?
(a) About where he took Mary the night before.
(b) About Mary leaving her new clothing behind.
(c) About Jan Erlone's involvement with the communists.
(d) About where the car was parked, the trunk and Jan Erlone.

3. What does Bigger overhear Mrs. Dalton saying to Peggy when she learns her daughter is gone?
(a) She expains that she does not trust the people Mary associates herself with, and suspects they have something to do with Mary not being home.
(b) She admits she isn't comfortable with Bigger living in the house and wonders if he frightened her daughter away.
(c) She complains that she took her daughter shopping for expensive clothing that she didn't even pack for her trip.
(d) She expresses her dislike for the people Mary travels with, and is shocked she hadn't even packed her new clothing for the trip.

4. Where does Mary suggest she, Jan and Bigger go to eat?
(a) Ernetsine's Chicken Shack
(b) Ms. Ernie's Rib Shack
(c) Ernie's Kitchen Shack
(d) Ernie's Chicken and Ribs

5. Where does Mrs. Thomas say Bigger will end up if he doesn't straighten out his life?
(a) Living on the street
(b) In foster care
(c) In jail
(d) The gallows

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bigger see when he, Mary and Jan enter the restaurant?

2. After Bigger leaves Bessie and returns to the Dalton's house what does Peggy tell him to do and why?

3. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?

4. After winning the battle with "the beast" what does Bigger do?

5. When Bigger when arrives at the Dalton home for his interview, what question plagues him as he stands outside the house?

(see the answer key)

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