Fear
Flight
Fate
Characters
Random
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What does Bigger use to kill the rat?
Skillet / Frying Pan
100
How does Bigger sign the random note?
"Red" with the communist logo
100
What is the name of Bigger's lawyer?
Mr. Boris Max
100
What disability does Mrs. Dalton have?
Blindness
100
Who is the author of Native Son?
Richard Wright
200
Why does Bigger attack Gus when they meet up to rob Blum?
Bigger wants to sabotage the Robbery
200
On whom does Bigger attempt to blame the murder?
Jan
200
What item did Bigger use to attack Bessie with?
A Brick
200
In what field does Mr. Dalton make most of his money?
Real Estate
300
Why is Bigger alone with Mary in her bedroom the night he kills her?
He has to help her to her bedroom, as she is too drunk to get up the stairs herself
300
Why does Bigger kill Bessie?
He knows that her complaining and her alcoholism will slow him down in his flight from the police
300
Why does Buckley rush Bigger's trial?
The trial will give him a political advantage in his upcoming campaign for reelection
300
Why was Bigger arrested as a youth?
Stealing Tires
300
What two famous court cases parallel Bigger's trial?
Richard Nixon & Leopold and Loeb
400
Where does Jan and Mary go with Bigger? Why do they want to go there?
Ernie's Chicken Shack To experience black life
400
Why was Bigger taken back to the Dalton's after the trial?
To re-enact the crime
500
What is the weather like in Flight? What could this symbolize?
Blizzard and Cold Symbolizes white society enveloping and overwhelming Bigger's world
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