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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Bigger's plans for the kidnapping farce?
(a) Put $1,000 in a hat box that Bessie will retrieve.
(b) But $100,000 in a shoe box that will be dropped and Bessie will retrieve.
(c) Have $10,000 put in a shoe box that will be dropped and Bessie will retrieve.
(d) Put $100,000 in a hat box that he will retrieve.

2. After they leave the movie and go to the pool hall, what does Bigger do?
(a) Gets in a fight with Gus then breaks a bottle and cuts the felt top of the pool table.
(b) He picks a fight with the owner of the pool hall then stabs Gus.
(c) He says he wants to break into the Dalton home instead of Blum's Delicatessin.
(d) Gets in a fight with Gus, then slices the felt top of the pool table with his knife.

3. What does Bigger say when Bessie asks if he murdered Mary Dalton?
(a) He admits that he killed Mary and threatens Bessie, too.
(b) He admits that he killed Mary and tells Bessie he'll tell everyone she helped him.
(c) He denies killing Mary, but admits he stole money from her.
(d) He laughs and says Mary killed herself by jumping in the river and he just watched.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is building Bigger chose as the lookout point for the money drop described in the story.

2. Where does Mary suggest she, Jan and Bigger go to eat?

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

4. How many people are searching for Bigger?

5. The South Side Real Estate Company is what to Bigger?

(see the answer key)

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