1. Why does Max say a change of venue wouldn't matter?
(a) The entire state feels the same about Bigger's crime.
(b) The newspapers have already tried Bigger.
(c) There isn't anyone in the entire country who doesn't know about the case.
(d) He's stands a better chance with a jury from his hometown.

2. What does Bigger finally do after wandering the streets looking for food and shelter?
(a) He hides with a group of homeless people living near the river.
(b) He steals a loaf of bread then hides in an alley to eat it.
(c) He buys a loaf of bread then finds an empty apartment to break into.
(d) He steals a loaf of bread then finds an empty apartment to break into.

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

4. What does Bigger call the army?
(a) A fool's army
(b) A white man's army
(c) A place to hide
(d) A Jim Crow army

5. What happens when Bigger's mother sees the Daltons standing in the back of Bigger's cell?
(a) She falls to her knees and begs them for her son's life and offers to work for them the rest of her life if they help him.
(b) She wraps her arms around them and prays for their loss.
(c) She tells them how sorry she is that her son did such a horrific thing to their daughter.
(d) She offers to spend the rest of her days making it up to them for what Bigger did.