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

2. What makes Mrs. Dalton leave Mary's bedroom when she comes to check on her daughter?
(a) She is afraid of Bigger.
(b) She smells liquor and thinks her daughter is passed out.
(c) She goes to get her husband.
(d) She thinks her daugher is asleep.

3. What does Bigger daydream about during the second movie?
(a) Learning the secret to "Getting hold of money."
(b) Learning how to invest money and make it grow.
(c) Learning how to overcome race barriers.
(d) Moving out of the ghetto and into the country.

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

5. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?
(a) The butler.
(b) Mr. Dalton
(c) Mary Dalton
(d) The house-keeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?

2. When Bigger when arrives at the Dalton home for his interview, what question plagues him as he stands outside the house?

3. Where do Mary and Jan sit in the car?

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

5. How does Bigger get Mary to her room without disturbing anyone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Bigger's home.

4. What were Bigger's two final concerns about the burning body?

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

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

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

8. Why does Bigger need to get a job?

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

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

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