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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job Mr. Dalton is hiring Bigger to do?
(a) butler
(b) handy-man
(c) chauffeur
(d) window washer

2. Where do Mary and Jan sit in the car?
(a) The don't, they walk.
(b) In the front seat with Bigger.
(c) In the back seat.
(d) The sit in the front and ask Bigger to sit in the back.

3. What does Bigger do to silence Mary in her room?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He stuffs the corner of her blanket in her mouth.
(c) He puts a pillow over her face.
(d) He puts his hand over her mouth.

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

5. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?
(a) Ship it in the trunk to Jan
(b) Put it in a dumpster near the train station.
(c) Burn it in the furnace.
(d) Sink the trunk and the body in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?

2. What happens when Bigger puts Mary's body in the trunk?

3. Where is Mary Dalton expected to go on the day after Bigger is hired by her father?

4. Where does Mary suggest she, Jan and Bigger go to eat?

5. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bigger really feel about holding up Blum's Delicatessen?

2. What did he find outside near the car on the night of Mary's death, and what did he do with it?

3. Explain the game, "White," that Bigger and his friends played.

4. Why does Bigger seem to take an instant dislike to Mary Dalton?

5. Why do the Dalton's make Bigger feel so uncomfortable?

6. Why did Bigger help Mary to her room instead of waking her parents and letting them know her drunken condition?

7. Why did Bigger decide to put Mary's body in the trunk?

8. After Bigger realized Mary was dead, why didn't he even consider just telling the truth?

9. What happened when Mary's body didn't fit into the furnace?

10. Why does Bigger panic when Mrs. Dalton enters Mary's room while he is in there?

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