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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Bigger is leaving the Dalton home after Mary's death, what does he find near the Dalton's car?
(a) Mary's purse
(b) Mary's expensive necklace
(c) The pamphlets Jan gave him
(d) A bottle of rum

2. What happens when Bigger puts Mary's body in the trunk?
(a) It doesn't fit so he rolls her in a carpet.
(b) It doesn't fit so he has to cut her limbs off.
(c) It doesn't fit so he sits on the lid until he can close it.
(d) It doesn't fit so he has to force it inside.

3. What is the third thing Bigger admitted to Max he would have liked to have been?
(a) A teacher
(b) A police officer
(c) A father
(d) In business

4. What is Bigger's final request of Max?
(a) To write a novel about him.
(b) He made no final request.
(c) To say, "Good-bye," to everyone.
(d) Tell tell Jan Erlone he said, "Hello."

5. What does Bigger keep throwing out of his cell?
(a) His food
(b) His old newspapers
(c) His cigarette buts
(d) A wooden cross

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger tell his friend Gus he could do if he had the chance?

2. What does Bigger begin to wish for all blacks?

3. What are Bigger's plans for the kidnapping farce?

4. When Bessie again declares she won't help Bigger with is ransom plan, what does bigger do to persuade her?

5. Near the end of Book Three, what did Bigger say to Max when he saw him for the last time?

(see the answer key)

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