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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Bigger is leaving the Dalton home after Mary's death, what does he find near the Dalton's car?
(a) A bottle of rum
(b) Mary's expensive necklace
(c) The pamphlets Jan gave him
(d) Mary's purse

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

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

4. Why does Mrs. Dalton express disappoint in Bigger?
(a) Because he doesn't like her family.
(b) Because he does not want to continue his education.
(c) Because he is in a gang.
(d) Because he has a prison record.

5. What is different about Bigger and his friend's plan this time?
(a) They will do it in daylight instead of night.
(b) They will use a gun and the person is white.
(c) They will wear the jersey of a vival gang.
(d) They will use a car to getaway.

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

7. Tell whom the lone witness to Bigger's crime is?
(a) Mrs. Dalton
(b) The Dalton's white cat.
(c) Peggy the housekeeper
(d) A neighbor peeking out their window

8. 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 in there to take her luggage to the station for her trip to Detroit.
(c) 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.
(d) He wasn't taking a chance, he wiped everything clean of his fingerprints.

9. How does Bigger get Mary to her room without disturbing anyone?
(a) He gets her parents to help
(b) He drags her
(c) He gets Peggy to help
(d) He carries her

10. Where does Bigger say white people live?
(a) Inside him and all other black people
(b) Inside fancy mansions
(c) On the south side of Chicago
(d) In the ghetto

11. 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 an attractive woman with a good education.
(c) She is blind and uses words he doesn't understand.
(d) She is afraid to speak up to her husband and seems afraid of him.

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

13. When Bigger when arrives at the Dalton home for his interview, what question plagues him as he stands outside the house?
(a) He's concerned he won't be able to do the job.
(b) Whether he should be dressed in nicer clothing.
(c) Whether he should go to the front door or the back.
(d) He's worried they will dislike him because he is black.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What terrorizes the family in the opening of the novel?

2. What happens when Bigger tries to dispose of Mary's body?

3. Who does Bigger decide to blame for Mary's death?

4. How many members are in the Thomas family?

5. Who is the owner of the pool hall?

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