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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. Where does Mrs. Thomas say Bigger will end up if he doesn't straighten out his life?
(a) The gallows
(b) Living on the street
(c) In jail
(d) In foster care

2. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?
(a) Her friend, Joan Erlone
(b) Her boyfriend, Jan Erlone
(c) She doesn't ask him to pick up anyone.
(d) Her professor, Mr. Erlone

3. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?
(a) A construction company.
(b) The oldest bank in the city.
(c) The home in the ghetto where Bigger lives.
(d) A limo service.

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

5. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) One
(d) Four

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Bigger and Jack stay for the second movie. What is it about?

4. When the young couple treats him as an equal how does if make Bigger feel?

5. Where does Bigger take the trunk with the body inside?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does it mean about Bigger "Feeling his blackness," even more after Mary Dalton and Jan Erlone's attempts at being friendly?

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

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

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

10. After all the gory details of the way he disposed of Mary's body, how was Bigger reacting?

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