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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 contemplate while standing on the rooftop?
(a) Shooting himself.
(b) Trying to jump to the next building.
(c) Jumping to his death.
(d) Trying to look for a fire escape.

2. After they leave the movie and go to the pool hall, what does Bigger do?
(a) Gets in a fight with Gus, then slices the felt top of the pool table with his knife.
(b) He picks a fight with the owner of the pool hall then stabs Gus.
(c) Gets in a fight with Gus then breaks a bottle and cuts the felt top of the pool table.
(d) He says he wants to break into the Dalton home instead of Blum's Delicatessin.

3. What happens when Bigger arrives at Bessie's apartment and he tries to kiss her?
(a) She tells him that since he now has a job he can marry her.
(b) She argues with him about not being home when she tried to visit him the night before.
(c) She isn't interested because he ignored her at the diner.
(d) She tells him if he doesn't marry her it means he is ashamed of her.

4. What is Bigger afraid to do?
(a) Pray
(b) Love
(c) Hope
(d) Cry

5. How many witnesses did State's Attorney Buckley say he was going to call to the stand?
(a) Thirty-five
(b) Sixty
(c) Fifty
(d) Ninety

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bigger make his last stand?

2. What does Bigger finally do after wandering the streets looking for food and shelter?

3. What goes through Bigger's mind when he hears the music from the church?

4. What does Jan Erlone want to do for Bigger?

5. What does Bigger tell Max about the night Max had asked him to tell him about himself?

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