2. What does Bigger decide to do with Mary's body next?
(a) Burn it in the furnace.
(b) Sink the trunk and the body in the river.
(c) Ship it in the trunk to Jan
(d) Put it in a dumpster near the train station.

3. When the young couple treats him as an equal how does if make Bigger feel?
(a) He likes them immediately.
(b) Like he should quit the new job.
(c) Like dumping them and picking up his friends.
(d) He feels uneasy and hates them.

4. Where does Mrs. Thomas say Bigger will end up if he doesn't straighten out his life?
(a) In jail
(b) The gallows
(c) In foster care
(d) Living on the street

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

6. 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 gun and the person is white.
(c) They will wear the jersey of a vival gang.
(d) They will use a car to getaway.

7. Where is Mary Dalton expected to go on the day after Bigger is hired by her father?
(a) University
(b) To a communist rally
(c) To a union meeting
(d) Detroit

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

9. Where does Bigger take the trunk with the body inside?
(a) Out to the car
(b) Into the garage
(c) To a dumpster
(d) Into the basement

10. How does Bigger feel when he enters the Dalton home for the very first time?
(a) Uncomfortable
(b) Indifferent
(c) Worried
(d) Lucky

11. How does Bigger plan to explain his fingerprints in Mary's bedroom?
(a) He was in there to take her luggage to the station for her trip to Detroit.
(b) He wasn't taking a chance, he wiped everything clean of his fingerprints.
(c) He was going to make a point of telling everyone in the morning that Mary wanted him to get her luggage, then he'll tell everyone she's not in her room.
(d) He was in there when he helped her into bed, but she was okay when he left her.

12. What terrorizes the family in the opening of the novel?
(a) A rat
(b) A gunman
(c) Their landlord
(d) A rabid cat

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

14. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?
(a) A limo service.
(b) A construction company.
(c) The oldest bank in the city.
(d) The home in the ghetto where Bigger lives.

15. When Mrs. Dalton speaks to Bigger in the kitchen, what surprises him about her?
(a) That she can look deep into his soul.
(b) In spite of her blindness she is very independent.
(c) That she can read his mind.
(d) In spite of her blindness she is knows exactly where he is.