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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. Who does Mary ask Bigger to pick up after they leave home his first night working for them?
(a) Her boyfriend, Jan Erlone
(b) Her professor, Mr. Erlone
(c) Her friend, Joan Erlone
(d) She doesn't ask him to pick up anyone.

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

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

4. After they leave the movie and go to the pool hall, what does Bigger do?
(a) Gets in a fight with Gus, then slices the felt top of the pool table with his knife.
(b) He picks a fight with the owner of the pool hall then stabs Gus.
(c) Gets in a fight with Gus then breaks a bottle and cuts the felt top of the pool table.
(d) He says he wants to break into the Dalton home instead of Blum's Delicatessin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bigger have a job interview?

2. How does Bigger feel about Mary Dalton?

3. Where do Mary and Jan sit in the car?

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

5. What Bigger and his friends call the game they play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were Bigger's two final concerns about the burning body?

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

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

5. Why does Bigger seem to take an instant dislike to Mary Dalton?

6. Why do the Dalton's make Bigger feel so uncomfortable?

7. What happened when Mary's body didn't fit into the furnace?

8. How does Bigger feel about his family?

9. Why does Bigger need to get a job?

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

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