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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bigger see when he, Mary and Jan enter the restaurant?
(a) Jack and G.H.
(b) Jack and Bessie Mears
(c) Gus and Bessie Mears
(d) Gus, Jack and G.H.

2. What is Bigger's only regret about what he did to Bessie?
(a) He didn't take back his engagement ring.
(b) He has no regrets.
(c) He left $90 in her pocket.
(d) He regrets she didn't see things his way.

3. After he recalls killing Mary Dalton, what did Bigger realize he left in plain sight of his mother and his siblings?
(a) The pamphlets Jan gave him
(b) Mary's purse
(c) The knife
(d) His bloody clothing

4. How do the police finally catch Bigger?
(a) They shoot him in the leg.
(b) They don't, he gets away one more time.
(c) An officer wrestles with him and wins.
(d) They use a water hose to soak him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Jan Erlone think when he hears Bigger's lie about him?

4. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?

5. What does Bigger contemplate while standing on the rooftop?

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