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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. After he returns to work at the Dalton house, what happens when Peggy asks Bigger to tend to the furnace because it has been running too hot?
(a) He hurries down the stairs to shake the ashes.
(b) He tells Peggy he will check the furnace later.
(c) He tells Peggy the furnace is fine, but he will check it anyway.
(d) He fears she suspects something and plans on how he will kill her if she discovers anything about Mary.
2. What did Buddy tell Bigger happened the night before?
(a) That Bigger's girlfriend, Bessie, came to see him and that she was angry he wasn't there.
(b) That their mother was happy he got the job.
(c) That he would keep quiet for a price.
(d) That Bigger's girlfriend, Bessie, came to see him the night before and talked about marriage.
3. What happens after Jan Erlone sees Bigger on the street and offers to help him, then invites him out for coffee to talk about the situation?
(a) Bigger runs away.
(b) Jan Erlone runs away when he sees Bigger has a knife.
(c) Bigger tells Jan Erlone he doesn't need his help.
(d) Bigger pulls a gun on Jan Erlone.
4. What keeps stopping Bigger from shaking down the ashes in the furnace?
(a) Fear and dread
(b) He doesn't know the ashes need to be removed.
(c) He wants to make sure Mary's body is completely burned.
(d) He is afraid of burning himself.
5. Why does Bigger seem bothered that the newspaper only just wrote about him after he killed Mary?
(a) He is unhappy because the story isn't accurate.
(b) Because he didn't like the attention that could result in his being caught.
(c) Becaue he has felt the same anger and hatred inside him his entire life and no one ever wrote about it before.
(d) He is thrilled the newspaper is writing about him and thinks about killing again for more attention.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?
2. What happens when Bigger first awakens the morning after the murder?
3. What terrorizes the family in the opening of the novel?
4. After winning the battle with "the beast" what does Bigger do?
5. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?
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