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

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

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

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

5. Who does Bigger decide to blame for Mary's death?
(a) Jan Erlone
(b) Bessie Mears
(c) Jack
(d) Peggy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger do to silence Mary in her room?

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

3. Where does the novel "Native Son" take place?

4. Why is Bigger afraid of being caught in Mary's bedroom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Bigger want to kill the cat?

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

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

5. How does Bigger feel about his family?

6. Why does Bigger get so angry and violent with Gus when he says he'll go along with the robbery?

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

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

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

10. Describe Bigger's home.

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