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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bigger's brother, Buddy, offer to do to defend him?
(a) He offers to like and say Bigger was with him the entire night of the murder.
(b) He offers to say he murdered Mary.
(c) He offers to testify as a character witness.
(d) He offers to kill four or five white people.

2. The story is set in what decade?
(a) 1920's
(b) 1950's
(c) 1930's
(d) 1940's

3. What is Bigger's sentence?
(a) Probation
(b) Death
(c) Life in prison
(d) Community service

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

5. Who does Bigger decide to blame for Mary's death?
(a) Jack
(b) Jan Erlone
(c) Bessie Mears
(d) Peggy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger say about church and religion?

2. What are the three possible penalties Bigger faces?

3. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?

4. Where does Bigger make his last stand?

5. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?

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