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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 do after the body is finally disposed of?
(a) He takes Mary's necklace to a pawn shop then goes home with the money.
(b) He finishes the bottle of rum then goes home to sleep.
(c) He takes the pamphlets Jan gave him and plants them in Mary's room.
(d) He steals money from Mary's purse then goes home to sleep.

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

3. What is the title of the first part of the novel?
(a) Anger
(b) Lost Soul
(c) Rage
(d) Fear

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

5. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?
(a) Four
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Three

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many members are in the Thomas family?

4. After Bigger threatens Gus, who prevents him from attacking the other man?

5. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Bigger want to kill the cat?

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

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

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

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

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

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