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

2. Who does Bigger see when he, Mary and Jan enter the restaurant?
(a) Gus and Bessie Mears
(b) Gus, Jack and G.H.
(c) Jack and G.H.
(d) Jack and Bessie Mears

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

4. What is Vera doing at the YWCA?
(a) Meeting her boyfriend
(b) Learning to swim
(c) Taking sewing lessons
(d) Teaching a class

5. 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 sits on the lid until he can close it.
(c) It doesn't fit so he rolls her in a carpet.
(d) It doesn't fit so he has to force it inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bigger plan to explain his fingerprints in Mary's bedroom?

2. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?

3. What two words best describe Bigger in this opening part of the novel?

4. What is wrong with Mary when Bigger takes her home?

5. Where does Mrs. Thomas say Bigger will end up if he doesn't straighten out his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bigger feel about his family?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the symbolism of the two movies Bigger and his friends saw?

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

9. What was the story Bigger planned to tell when he returned in the morning?

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

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