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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 $100,000 in a hat box that he will retrieve.
(b) Have $10,000 put in a shoe box that will be dropped and Bessie will retrieve.
(c) But $100,000 in a shoe box that will be dropped and Bessie will retrieve.
(d) Put $1,000 in a hat box that Bessie will retrieve.

2. Why does Bessie finally agree to help Bigger with his kidnapping scam?
(a) He threatens to murder her family.
(b) He says he will leave her if she doesn't help him.
(c) He says he will give her half the money.
(d) She is greedy and wants in on the deal.

3. Tell whom the lone witness to Bigger's crime is?
(a) A neighbor peeking out their window
(b) Peggy the housekeeper
(c) Mrs. Dalton
(d) The Dalton's white cat.

4. On the streetcar on the way to Bessie's apartment what does Bigger want to shout?
(a) That he was in love with a beautiful girl.
(b) That he knew something they didn't know.
(c) That he killed a rich, white girl.
(d) That he was lucky to have a good job.

5. Where does the novel "Native Son" take place?
(a) Birmingham
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Chicago
(d) New York City

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mrs. Dalton speaks to Bigger in the kitchen, what surprises him about her?

2. In Book Two as Bigger rides the streetcar, what is his only regret?

3. Why is Bigger afraid of being caught in Mary's bedroom?

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

5. In what ways does Bigger act to give the impression he thinks Mary is asleep upstairs in her bedroom?

(see the answer key)

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