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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is different about Bigger and his friend's plan this time?
(a) They will wear the jersey of a vival gang.
(b) They will use a gun and the person is white.
(c) They will use a car to getaway.
(d) They will do it in daylight instead of night.
2. When Bessie again declares she won't help Bigger with is ransom plan, what does bigger do to persuade her?
(a) He holds a knife in a threatening way and warns her she had better help him.
(b) He tells her it will be over between them if she doesn't help him.
(c) He threatens to beat her if she doesn't do what he wants.
(d) Reminds her she has already helped him steal enough to land her in jail. He also threatens to slap her.
3. After meeting Mrs. Dalton, what two things does Bigger note about her?
(a) She is afraid to speak up to her husband and seems afraid of him.
(b) She is an attractive woman with a good education.
(c) She is blind and much younger than her husband.
(d) She is blind and uses words he doesn't understand.
4. Where does Bigger and Mary take Jan after their evening out?
(a) To catch the train
(b) To Mary's house
(c) Home to her house
(d) To catch a bus
5. What does Bigger begin to wish for all blacks?
(a) That they will become superior to the whites and treat them like they have been treated.
(b) That someone will bring them together to make their lives better.
(c) That one day blacks will one day be equal to whites.
(d) That they will one day make their own laws and rules.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?
2. In Book Two as Bigger rides the streetcar, what is his only regret?
3. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?
4. After Bigger threatens Gus, who prevents him from attacking the other man?
5. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?
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