2. What two words best describe Bigger in this opening part of the novel?
(a) Hopeless and Fun-loving
(b) Helpless and Strong
(c) Angry and Joker
(d) Pessimistic and Angry

3. 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 force it inside.
(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 cut her limbs off.

4. After meeting Mrs. Dalton, what two things does Bigger note about her?
(a) She is blind and much younger than her husband.
(b) She is blind and uses words he doesn't understand.
(c) She is afraid to speak up to her husband and seems afraid of him.
(d) She is an attractive woman with a good education.

5. When the young couple treats him as an equal how does if make Bigger feel?
(a) He likes them immediately.
(b) He feels uneasy and hates them.
(c) Like he should quit the new job.
(d) Like dumping them and picking up his friends.

6. What makes Mrs. Dalton leave Mary's bedroom when she comes to check on her daughter?
(a) She is afraid of Bigger.
(b) She smells liquor and thinks her daughter is passed out.
(c) She goes to get her husband.
(d) She thinks her daugher is asleep.

7. Who is the owner of the pool hall?
(a) G.L.'s brother
(b) Doc
(c) Jack's father
(d) Mr. Dalton

8. Where does Bigger take the trunk with the body inside?
(a) Out to the car
(b) Into the basement
(c) Into the garage
(d) To a dumpster

9. Why is Bigger afraid of being caught in Mary's bedroom?
(a) He doesn't want to lose his job
(b) He isn't afraid of anything
(c) He is black and she is white
(d) He already has a girlfriend who is jealous

10. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?
(a) Robbing Blum's Delicatessin
(b) Going to college
(c) Robbing a liquior store
(d) Taking classes at the YMCA

11. After winning the battle with "the beast" what does Bigger do?
(a) He sits down to eat dinner.
(b) He shows his mother his prize.
(c) He hides the remains.
(d) He frightens his sister, Vera, with the body.

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

13. How does Bigger plan to explain his fingerprints in Mary's bedroom?
(a) He was in there when he helped her into bed, but she was okay when he left her.
(b) He was going to make a point of telling everyone in the morning that Mary wanted him to get her luggage, then he'll tell everyone she's not in her room.
(c) He wasn't taking a chance, he wiped everything clean of his fingerprints.
(d) He was in there to take her luggage to the station for her trip to Detroit.

14. What does Bigger do after the body is finally disposed of?
(a) He takes Mary's necklace to a pawn shop then goes home with the money.
(b) He finishes the bottle of rum then goes home to sleep.
(c) He steals money from Mary's purse then goes home to sleep.
(d) He takes the pamphlets Jan gave him and plants them in Mary's room.

15. What is the theme of the movie Bigger and Jack go to see?
(a) That blacks can also be rich
(b) The lifestyle of rich white people
(c) That white's are all communists
(d) That white people will suffer in the depression