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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many bedrooms does the Thomas family share?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Four

3. 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) He is thrilled the newspaper is writing about him and thinks about killing again for more attention.
(c) Because he didn't like the attention that could result in his being caught.
(d) Becaue he has felt the same anger and hatred inside him his entire life and no one ever wrote about it before.

4. Where does Bigger say white people live?
(a) On the south side of Chicago
(b) Inside fancy mansions
(c) Inside him and all other black people
(d) In the ghetto

5. What are the three possible penalties Bigger faces?
(a) Death by the electric chair, death by hanging or, death by lethal injection.
(b) The death penalty, life in prison or restitution.
(c) The death penalty, life in prison, or not less than 14 years in prison.
(d) The death penalty, life in prison, or ten years in prison with 25 years on parole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the owner of the pool hall?

2. What does Bigger do after he puts Mary to bed?

3. What are Bigger's plans for the kidnapping farce?

4. What does Jan Erlone want to do for Bigger?

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

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