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Native Son Questions Pages 314-354

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1. What item of Mary’s does Mrs. Dalton identify during the trial?

2. How much money have the Daltons contributed toward Negro education?

3. To what political party does Jan belong? How does he view different races?

4. What does Bigger realize about how Communists are viewed?

5. What does Max establish about the apartment that Bigger’s family rents?

6. How does Mr. Dalton respond when Max establishes the fact that Dalton is trying to keep Negroes in one part of the city by only renting them properties in a certain part of the city?

7. As alluded to on page 331, what is the difference between how the jury will view the murder of Bessie and how they will view the murder of Mary Dalton?

8. Explain the significance of the photograph the press takes of Bigger at the Dalton home.

9. When Bigger exits the Dalton home, what does he see on the roof of a neighboring building?

10. What does the “nut” in Bigger’s cell say about how black people live?

11. What reasons does Max give to Bigger as justification for Bigger fighting for his own life?

12. Why is Bigger afraid to believe in Max?

13. What reasons does Bigger give for his hatred of Mary.

14. What does Bigger tell Max about how whites treat blacks?