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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job Mr. Dalton is hiring Bigger to do?
(a) handy-man
(b) window washer
(c) butler
(d) chauffeur

2. What did Bigger ask Max to tell his mother?
(a) That he is sorry for what he did.
(b) That he'll see her in heaven.
(c) That he is all right and not to worry and he wasn't crying.
(d) That he will miss her.

3. What is Bigger afraid to do?
(a) Love
(b) Pray
(c) Hope
(d) Cry

4. Where does Bigger make his last stand?
(a) A fire escape
(b) A roof top
(c) He climbs a water tower
(d) He climbs into an apartment window

5. What does Bigger do with the pamphlets Jan gave him the night before?
(a) He sits on the bed and reads them.
(b) He throws them in the trash.
(c) He goes to his room in the Dalton house and carefully puts them in his drawer.
(d) He burns them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bigger get Mary to her room without disturbing anyone?

2. What happens when one of the men discovers bone and an earring in the ashes?

3. How do the stories in the newspaper portray Bigger?

4. What happens when Bigger arrives at Bessie's apartment and he tries to kiss her?

5. How did Bigger deal with the first days after his sentencing?

(see the answer key)

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