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Native Son Questions Pages 198-236

Name: ……………………………….. Period: ………. Date: ……………….

1. What does Jan tell the press about Mr. Dalton?

2. Why is Mr. Dalton concerned about how the press will handle the story of Mary’s “kidnapping”?

3. What does Bigger feel when the white cat jumps up onto his shoulder? What is the symbolism here?

4. What does Mr. Dalton ask the press to print?

5. To whom is all of the evidence pointing at this stage of the case?

6. What prompts them to start cleaning the ashes out of the furnace?

7. What two things do they find in the furnace ashes that make them realize that Mary is dead?

8. What does Bigger do when the two articles are discovered in the furnace?

9. What does Bessie say they will say that Bigger did to Mary?

10. Describe the method Bigger uses to kill Bessie and why he uses this method. Why does he feel that he has no choice but to murder her?