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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the owner of the pool hall?
(a) Doc
(b) G.L.'s brother
(c) Jack's father
(d) Mr. Dalton
2. Where is Mary Dalton expected to go on the day after Bigger is hired by her father?
(a) Detroit
(b) To a communist rally
(c) University
(d) To a union meeting
3. How many members are in the Thomas family?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Eight
(d) Six
4. What terrorizes the family in the opening of the novel?
(a) Their landlord
(b) A gunman
(c) A rabid cat
(d) A rat
5. Who does Bigger decide to blame for Mary's death?
(a) Jan Erlone
(b) Bessie Mears
(c) Jack
(d) Peggy
6. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?
(a) To catch a bus
(b) To catch the train
(c) To Mary's house
(d) Home to her house
7. What does Mrs. Thomas want Bigger to do to help the family?
(a) Go to the supermarket for rat poison.
(b) Get them a better place to live.
(c) Go to Blum's Delicatessin to get dinner.
(d) Get a job.
8. What Bigger and his friends call the game they play?
(a) "White"
(b) Kick the can
(c) Catch me if you can
(d) "Black" against "White"
9. After they leave the movie and go to the pool hall, what does Bigger do?
(a) Gets in a fight with Gus then breaks a bottle and cuts the felt top of the pool table.
(b) Gets in a fight with Gus, then slices the felt top of the pool table with his knife.
(c) He says he wants to break into the Dalton home instead of Blum's Delicatessin.
(d) He picks a fight with the owner of the pool hall then stabs Gus.
10. What happens when Bigger puts Mary's body in the trunk?
(a) It doesn't fit so he has to cut her limbs off.
(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 rolls her in a carpet.
11. 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
12. How does Bigger feel about Mary Dalton?
(a) He has no feelings about her or anyone.
(b) He feels she is just like her mother.
(c) He hates her instantly.
(d) He finds her very attractive.
13. After meeting Mrs. Dalton, what two things does Bigger note about her?
(a) She is an attractive woman with a good education.
(b) She is blind and uses words he doesn't understand.
(c) She is blind and much younger than her husband.
(d) She is afraid to speak up to her husband and seems afraid of him.
14. Bigger and Jack stay for the second movie. What is it about?
(a) Multi-cultural dances
(b) Native African's hunting in the jungle
(c) Black Americans
(d) Naked native Africans dancing to drums.
15. Why is Bigger afraid of being caught in Mary's bedroom?
(a) He isn't afraid of anything
(b) He already has a girlfriend who is jealous
(c) He is black and she is white
(d) He doesn't want to lose his job
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Bigger get Mary to her room without disturbing anyone?
2. Where does Bigger Thomas and his family live?
3. Where does Mrs. Thomas say Bigger will end up if he doesn't straighten out his life?
4. What does Bigger do after he puts Mary to bed?
5. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?
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