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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bigger keep throwing out of his cell?
(a) His cigarette buts
(b) A wooden cross
(c) His old newspapers
(d) His food

3. What does Bigger daydream about during the second movie?
(a) Moving out of the ghetto and into the country.
(b) Learning how to invest money and make it grow.
(c) Learning the secret to "Getting hold of money."
(d) Learning how to overcome race barriers.

4. When the young couple treats him as an equal how does if make Bigger feel?
(a) Like dumping them and picking up his friends.
(b) Like he should quit the new job.
(c) He feels uneasy and hates them.
(d) He likes them immediately.

5. What does Bigger think when Mr. Dalton brags about giving ping pong tables to the South Side Boy's Club?
(a) That Mr. Dalton should give his toys to some other people.
(b) That Mr. Dalton is a very generous man and he regrets killing the man's daughter.
(c) That Mr. Dalton is a shallow and unfeeling.
(d) That Mr. Dalton just doesn't understand that what the people really need is social change, not things like ping pong tables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bigger tell his friend Gus he could do if he had the chance?

2. How does Bigger plan to explain his fingerprints in Mary's bedroom?

3. What does Bigger finally do after wandering the streets looking for food and shelter?

4. In book two when Bigger finally falls asleep after hearing Peggy and Mrs. Dalton talking about Mary, what does he recall in his dream?

5. How much money does Bigger show Bessie to try to impress her?

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