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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bigger say the white people do to black people?
(a) Keep the blacks in one area and won't let them into any other area.
(b) They kill them one by one hoping to get rid of them all.
(c) They want to be friends with them.
(d) They try to help them by giving them jobs no one should have to do.

2. Where does Bigger Thomas and his family live?
(a) In a condo on the river
(b) A shack along the waterfront
(c) In the basement of an abandoned building
(d) An apartment in the "Black Belt"

3. Who is Britten?
(a) A detective with the Chicago P.D..
(b) A neighbor who saw Bigger carrying Mary into the house the night before.
(c) A private investigator Mr. Dalton hired that day to find Mary.
(d) A private investigator from Mr. Dalton's company.

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

5. What happens when Bigger is taken into the coroner's inquest?
(a) He tries to get away
(b) He faints
(c) He falls asleep
(d) He shouts he is innocent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Mrs. Dalton leave Mary's bedroom when she comes to check on her daughter?

2. How does Bigger sign the ransom note he has written to Mr. Dalton?

3. When Peggy finds Mary is not in her room what does she question Bigger about it, and what does he tell her?

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

5. What is the third thing Bigger admitted to Max he would have liked to have been?

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