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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Mrs. Dalton leave Mary's bedroom when she comes to check on her daughter?
(a) She smells liquor and thinks her daughter is passed out.
(b) She thinks her daugher is asleep.
(c) She is afraid of Bigger.
(d) She goes to get her husband.

2. What happens when Bigger tries to dispose of Mary's body?
(a) He has to put holes in the trunk so it will sink in the water.
(b) He has to steal money from Mary's purse to pay the shipping.
(c) It's too heavy for him to lift it into the dumpster.
(d) It doesn't fit in the furnace.

3. On Bigger's first night at work, what does he, Mary and Jan do as they drive around the park?
(a) Drink until they all pass out.
(b) Drink beer, rum and talk about communism.
(c) Talk about Mary's upcoming trip.
(d) Get drunk and read pamphlets

4. Where does Bigger have a job interview?
(a) At the supermarket
(b) At Blum's Delicatessin
(c) At the Dalton's
(d) At YMCA

5. What does Bigger daydream about during the second movie?
(a) Learning how to overcome race barriers.
(b) Learning the secret to "Getting hold of money."
(c) Learning how to invest money and make it grow.
(d) Moving out of the ghetto and into the country.

6. Who does Bigger see when he, Mary and Jan enter the restaurant?
(a) Jack and G.H.
(b) Gus and Bessie Mears
(c) Jack and Bessie Mears
(d) Gus, Jack and G.H.

7. After Bigger threatens Gus, who prevents him from attacking the other man?
(a) Jack
(b) G. H.
(c) Vera
(d) Bigger's mom

8. What is wrong with Mary when Bigger takes her home?
(a) She is too drunk to walk.
(b) She is very sick.
(c) She doesn't want to go home.
(d) She wants to go right to Detroit.

9. What is different about Bigger and his friend's plan this time?
(a) They will do it in daylight instead of night.
(b) They will use a car to getaway.
(c) They will use a gun and the person is white.
(d) They will wear the jersey of a vival gang.

10. What is the theme of the movie Bigger and Jack go to see?
(a) That white's are all communists
(b) That white people will suffer in the depression
(c) The lifestyle of rich white people
(d) That blacks can also be rich

11. Who answers the door when Bigger finally knocks on the door of the Dalton house?
(a) The butler.
(b) Mr. Dalton
(c) The house-keeper.
(d) Mary Dalton

12. What is Vera doing at the YWCA?
(a) Learning to swim
(b) Meeting her boyfriend
(c) Taking sewing lessons
(d) Teaching a class

13. What is the title of the first part of the novel?
(a) Anger
(b) Fear
(c) Lost Soul
(d) Rage

14. When Bigger when arrives at the Dalton home for his interview, what question plagues him as he stands outside the house?
(a) He's worried they will dislike him because he is black.
(b) Whether he should be dressed in nicer clothing.
(c) He's concerned he won't be able to do the job.
(d) Whether he should go to the front door or the back.

15. What happens when Bigger puts Mary's body in the trunk?
(a) It doesn't fit so he has to cut her limbs off.
(b) It doesn't fit so he rolls her in a carpet.
(c) It doesn't fit so he has to force it inside.
(d) It doesn't fit so he sits on the lid until he can close it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?

2. What does Bigger do to silence Mary in her room?

3. What does Bigger tell his friend Gus he could do if he had the chance?

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

5. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?

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