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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 kind of relationship does Bigger have with Gus?
(a) They are best friends
(b) They are half brothers
(c) It is a volatile relationship
(d) They are classmates

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

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

4. How does Bigger feel about Mary Dalton?
(a) He has no feelings about her or anyone.
(b) He hates her instantly.
(c) He feels she is just like her mother.
(d) He finds her very attractive.

5. How does Bigger plan to explain his fingerprints in Mary's bedroom?
(a) He was going to make a point of telling everyone in the morning that Mary wanted him to get her luggage, then he'll tell everyone she's not in her room.
(b) He wasn't taking a chance, he wiped everything clean of his fingerprints.
(c) He was in there to take her luggage to the station for her trip to Detroit.
(d) He was in there when he helped her into bed, but she was okay when he left her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger do after the body is finally disposed of?

2. What does Mrs. Thomas want Bigger to do to help the family?

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

4. Where is Mary Dalton expected to go on the day after Bigger is hired by her father?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bigger's home.

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

3. Why does Bigger need to get a job?

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Bigger want to kill the cat?

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

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

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