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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?
(a) He will also do lawn work.
(b) He will also wash window.
(c) He will help her in the kitchen.
(d) He will also take care of the furnace.

2. In Book Two as Bigger rides the streetcar, what is his only regret?
(a) That he ever got mixed up with the Dalton's in the first place.
(b) That he had to work.
(c) That Mary's body didn't fit in the furnace. He hated all the blood when he cut off her head.
(d) That he hadn't planned the murder so he could have gotten more money and felt more successful.

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

4. What does Jan Erlone think when he hears Bigger's lie about him?
(a) That Mr. Dalton, Britten and Bigger just hate communists.
(b) That Bigger is the person responsible for Mary's disappearance.
(c) That they are all crazy and should be looking for Mary instead of questioning him.
(d) That Mr. Dalton and Britten are making Bigger lie.

5. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?
(a) The house-keeper.
(b) The butler.
(c) Mr. Dalton
(d) Mary Dalton

Short Answer Questions

1. In book two, how do the reporters decide to frame their stories?

2. What does the State's Attorney Buckley get Bigger to do?

3. What is the real crime Bigger thinks he committed?

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

5. What is Bigger's sentence?

(see the answer key)

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