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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. How many members are in the Thomas family?
(a) Five
(b) Eight
(c) Six
(d) Four
2. When Peggy gives Bigger dinner, what other job does she tell Bigger he must do?
(a) He will also wash window.
(b) He will also do lawn work.
(c) He will also take care of the furnace.
(d) He will help her in the kitchen.
3. What is the job Mr. Dalton is hiring Bigger to do?
(a) handy-man
(b) window washer
(c) chauffeur
(d) butler
4. After Bigger threatens Gus, who prevents him from attacking the other man?
(a) Vera
(b) Jack
(c) Bigger's mom
(d) G. H.
5. What is wrong with Mary when Bigger takes her home?
(a) She is very sick.
(b) She doesn't want to go home.
(c) She is too drunk to walk.
(d) She wants to go right to Detroit.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mrs. Thomas want Bigger to do to help the family?
2. What is the on-going plan Bigger and his friends discuss that morning?
3. How does Bigger feel when he enters the Dalton home for the very first time?
4. Where does the novel "Native Son" take place?
5. What does Mr. Dalton's company own?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Bigger decide to put Mary's body in the trunk?
2. Describe Bigger's home.
3. Why does Bigger panic when Mrs. Dalton enters Mary's room while he is in there?
4. After Bigger realized Mary was dead, why didn't he even consider just telling the truth?
5. What did he find outside near the car on the night of Mary's death, and what did he do with it?
6. Why did Bigger want to kill the cat?
7. How does Bigger feel about his family?
8. Why did Bigger help Mary to her room instead of waking her parents and letting them know her drunken condition?
9. Why does Bigger need to get a job?
10. What does it mean about Bigger "Feeling his blackness," even more after Mary Dalton and Jan Erlone's attempts at being friendly?
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