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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps stopping Bigger from shaking down the ashes in the furnace?
(a) Fear and dread
(b) He wants to make sure Mary's body is completely burned.
(c) He doesn't know the ashes need to be removed.
(d) He is afraid of burning himself.

2. What happens when one of the men discovers bone and an earring in the ashes?
(a) He jumps out a window and hurts his knee, so he has to walk slowly to Bessie's apartment.
(b) Bigger slips away from the men then jumps out of a second story window into the snow.
(c) He jumps out of a second story windown into the snow then runs to Bessie's apartment.
(d) Bigger sneaks out of the basement door and runs to Bessie's apartment.

3. The story is set in what decade?
(a) 1940's
(b) 1930's
(c) 1950's
(d) 1920's

4. Where does Bigger first go after leaving his home the morning after Mary's murder?
(a) Church
(b) The Dalton's home
(c) The pool hall
(d) Bessie's apartment

5. As Bigger is leaving the Dalton home after Mary's death, what does he find near the Dalton's car?
(a) A bottle of rum
(b) The pamphlets Jan gave him
(c) Mary's purse
(d) Mary's expensive necklace

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?

2. In what ways does Bigger act to give the impression he thinks Mary is asleep upstairs in her bedroom?

3. After Bigger leaves Bessie and returns to the Dalton's house what does Peggy tell him to do and why?

4. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?

5. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?

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