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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. Bigger and Jack stay for the second movie. What is it about?
(a) Naked native Africans dancing to drums.
(b) Black Americans
(c) Native African's hunting in the jungle
(d) Multi-cultural dances

2. Why does Mrs. Dalton express disappoint in Bigger?
(a) Because he does not want to continue his education.
(b) Because he has a prison record.
(c) Because he doesn't like her family.
(d) Because he is in a gang.

3. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?
(a) To catch the train
(b) To catch a bus
(c) To Mary's house
(d) Home to her house

4. Who is the owner of the pool hall?
(a) Mr. Dalton
(b) G.L.'s brother
(c) Jack's father
(d) Doc

5. How does Bigger get Mary to her room without disturbing anyone?
(a) He gets Peggy to help
(b) He drags her
(c) He carries her
(d) He gets her parents to help

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of the movie Bigger and Jack go to see?

2. What happens when Bigger tries to dispose of Mary's body?

3. Where does Bigger say white people live?

4. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?

5. Who does Bigger see when he, Mary and Jan enter the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bigger feel about his family?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Bigger want to kill the cat?

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

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

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

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