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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 two words best describe Bigger in this opening part of the novel?
(a) Hopeless and Fun-loving
(b) Pessimistic and Angry
(c) Helpless and Strong
(d) Angry and Joker

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

4. When Bigger when arrives at the Dalton home for his interview, what question plagues him as he stands outside the house?
(a) He's worried they will dislike him because he is black.
(b) He's concerned he won't be able to do the job.
(c) Whether he should go to the front door or the back.
(d) Whether he should be dressed in nicer clothing.

5. Where does Bigger have a job interview?
(a) At YMCA
(b) At Blum's Delicatessin
(c) At the supermarket
(d) At the Dalton's

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Mary suggest she, Jan and Bigger go to eat?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Bigger need to get a job?

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

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

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

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

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

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