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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) In jail
(b) The gallows
(c) In foster care
(d) Living on the street

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

3. Where do Mary and Jan sit in the car?
(a) The don't, they walk.
(b) The sit in the front and ask Bigger to sit in the back.
(c) In the back seat.
(d) In the front seat with Bigger.

4. Where does the novel "Native Son" take place?
(a) Chicago
(b) New York City
(c) Birmingham
(d) Philadelphia

5. Who does Bigger see when he, Mary and Jan enter the restaurant?
(a) Gus and Bessie Mears
(b) Gus, Jack and G.H.
(c) Jack and Bessie Mears
(d) Jack and G.H.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words best describe Bigger in this opening part of the novel?

2. What Bigger and his friends call the game they play?

3. What does Bigger daydream about during the second movie?

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

5. Where does Bigger Thomas and his family live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Bigger's home.

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

7. How does Bigger feel about his family?

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

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

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

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