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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mary's expensive necklace
(c) The pamphlets Jan gave him
(d) Mary's purse

2. Why is Bigger afraid of being caught in Mary's bedroom?
(a) He is black and she is white
(b) He isn't afraid of anything
(c) He doesn't want to lose his job
(d) He already has a girlfriend who is jealous

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

4. How does Bigger plan to explain his fingerprints in Mary's bedroom?
(a) 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.
(b) He was in there when he helped her into bed, but she was okay when he left her.
(c) He was in there to take her luggage to the station for her trip to Detroit.
(d) He wasn't taking a chance, he wiped everything clean of his fingerprints.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tell whom the lone witness to Bigger's crime is?

2. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?

3. What is the theme of the movie Bigger and Jack go to see?

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

5. How does Bigger get Mary to her room without disturbing anyone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did he find outside near the car on the night of Mary's death, and what did he do with it?

2. How does Bigger really feel about holding up Blum's Delicatessen?

3. After Bigger realized Mary was dead, why didn't he even consider just telling the truth?

4. Why did Bigger help Mary to her room instead of waking her parents and letting them know her drunken condition?

5. What does it mean about Bigger "Feeling his blackness," even more after Mary Dalton and Jan Erlone's attempts at being friendly?

6. Why did Bigger decide to put Mary's body in the trunk?

7. Why does Bigger panic when Mrs. Dalton enters Mary's room while he is in there?

8. Why did Bigger want to kill the cat?

9. What was the story Bigger planned to tell when he returned in the morning?

10. Why does Bigger need to get a job?

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