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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. The South Side Real Estate Company is what to Bigger?
(a) The South Side Real Estate Company is nothing to Bigger.
(b) The company to whom he pays rent for his family's rat-infested room.
(c) The company Bigger dreams of one day owning.
(d) The company where Bigger hopes to one day work.

2. How does Mrs. Dalton look when she comes to Bigger's room to question him about Mary's disappearance?
(a) She's wearing black because she knows Mary is dead.
(b) She's dressed in white and she is very pale.
(c) She's wearing a white pants suit and has her white hair tied back in a bun.
(d) She's dressed in white and she looks suspicious.

3. What did Bigger's mother say to him after she awakens the morning after the killing?
(a) She wanted to know why he was there if he was supposed to live at the Dalton's house.
(b) She wanted to know what he wanted for breakfast.
(c) She told him Bessie came to see him the night before.
(d) She wanted to know why he came in after 4 in the morning.

4. When Bigger returns to the basement to shake down the ashes, what stops him?
(a) He hears someone and is afraid they will see Mary's body.
(b) The white cat stares at him and makes uncomfortable.
(c) He sees that her body hasn't completely burned.
(d) He thinks he sees Mary's face as it looked the night before.

5. What idea does Bigger get after Bessie mentions he is working near the site of the Leopold and Loeb case?
(a) Contacting Leopold and Loeb for advice
(b) Kidnapping and ransom
(c) That he and Bessie should go out on the town
(d) Blaming Mary's disappeareance on Leopold and Loeb

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bigger first go after leaving his home the morning after Mary's murder?

2. Who is Britten?

3. What happens when Bigger climbs another ledge on the rooftop and beings crawling away?

4. Why does Mr. Dalton refuse to have Jan Erlone picked up by the police for questioning?

5. What does Bigger say when Bessie asks if he murdered Mary Dalton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bigger decide to try to blame Jan and the Communist Party for the kidnapping?

2. What is the one problem Bigger feels he has to do before he will be okay?

3. What things made the Daltons begin to worry about their daughter being gone?

4. What deterred the Daltons from being excessively concerned when they found Mary wasn't in the house the morning after she was murdered?

5. When Bigger awoke in the morning after Mary's death, what happened when he remembered what he had done the night before?

6. What was Bessie's reaction when Bigger arrived at her apartment the morning after the murder of Mary?

7. What was the argument Bigger had with his family as he tried to pack his things the day after Mary's death?

8. Describe Bigger's treatment when he was finally caught.

9. What is the Loeb and Leopold case that gave Bigger the idea to pretend Mary was kidnapped and collect a ransom?

10. Bigger was very much interested in reading about himself in the newspapers. Of what significance was this?

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