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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 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 expresses her dislike for the people Mary travels with, and is shocked she hadn't even packed her new clothing for the trip.
(c) She complains that she took her daughter shopping for expensive clothing that she didn't even pack for her trip.
(d) She admits she isn't comfortable with Bigger living in the house and wonders if he frightened her daughter away.

2. What makes Mrs. Dalton leave Mary's bedroom when she comes to check on her daughter?
(a) She goes to get her husband.
(b) She is afraid of Bigger.
(c) She thinks her daugher is asleep.
(d) She smells liquor and thinks her daughter is passed out.

3. Why does Mr. Dalton refuse to have Jan Erlone picked up by the police for questioning?
(a) He's afraid his daughter is just doing this to disgrace the family.
(b) He doesn't want the police invovled because doesn't trust them.
(c) He is afraid of the bad publicity.
(d) He doesn't think Jan Erlone has anything to do with it.

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

5. What does Bigger do after the body is finally disposed of?
(a) He steals money from Mary's purse then goes home to sleep.
(b) He takes the pamphlets Jan gave him and plants them in Mary's room.
(c) He finishes the bottle of rum then goes home to sleep.
(d) He takes Mary's necklace to a pawn shop then goes home with the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger give his friends when he sees them the morning after Mary's murder?

2. Bigger finally shakes down the ashes, but he doesn't remove them from the furnace, he just adds more coal. What happens then?

3. After Bigger threatens Gus, who prevents him from attacking the other man?

4. While hidden Bigger reads a newspaper about the search for him. Why do the authorities still think Jan Erlone is the mastermind behind the entire murder and ransom?

5. What goes through Bigger's mind when he hears the music from the church?

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