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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Bigger's new cellmate ask to talk to?
(a) He only babbled
(b) His attorney
(c) The Govenor
(d) The President

2. After Bigger returns to the Dalton home with Mary's trunk, he again goes to check the furnace. Who interrupts him?
(a) Mr. Dalton and a group of white men.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Dalton and Peggy.
(c) Mrs. Dalton and a white private investigator.
(d) The police.

3. On Bigger's first night at work, what does he, Mary and Jan do as they drive around the park?
(a) Drink beer, rum and talk about communism.
(b) Get drunk and read pamphlets
(c) Drink until they all pass out.
(d) Talk about Mary's upcoming trip.

4. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?
(a) The oldest bank in the city.
(b) The home in the ghetto where Bigger lives.
(c) A construction company.
(d) A limo service.

5. What happens after Jan Erlone sees Bigger on the street and offers to help him, then invites him out for coffee to talk about the situation?
(a) Bigger runs away.
(b) Bigger pulls a gun on Jan Erlone.
(c) Bigger tells Jan Erlone he doesn't need his help.
(d) Jan Erlone runs away when he sees Bigger has a knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Bigger and his friends call the game they play?

2. What did Bigger ask Max to tell his mother?

3. What happens when Jan Erlone comes to visit Bigger in his cell?

4. What keeps stopping Bigger from shaking down the ashes in the furnace?

5. How did Bigger deal with the first days after his sentencing?

(see the answer key)

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