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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Walter Lee has been out talking to:
(a) Bobo
(b) The bartender
(c) George Murchison
(d) Willie Harris
2. Which character starts the play on stage?
(a) Ruth
(b) Mama
(c) Travis
(d) Walter Lee
3. Where does Mama tell Beneatha that Ruth has gone?
(a) To visit a neighbor
(b) To get her hair done
(c) To see the doctor
(d) To the post office
4. Beneatha turns off the radio which was playing:
(a) Swing
(b) Jazz
(c) Rock
(d) Blues
5. What country is Beneatha's visitor originally from?
(a) Nigeria
(b) Canada
(c) Albania
(d) Liberia
6. Mama asks Walter Lee if he is:
(a) Gambling and drinking
(b) Thinking of suicide
(c) Seeing another woman
(d) Working too hard
7. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:
(a) Uncle Toms
(b) Uneducated
(c) Farm hands
(d) Upper class
8. How does Beneatha's visitor treat Mama?
(a) He tells her jokes
(b) With great respect
(c) He ignores her
(d) He is speechless
9. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?
(a) A small houseplant
(b) A good-luck statue
(c) A picture of her husband
(d) An old wind-up clock
10. Ruth is joyful. She shouts goodbye to:
(a) Dirty laundry
(b) Ironing boards
(c) Nosey neighbors
(d) Walls and roaches
11. What is Beneatha's relationship to Ruth?
(a) Ruth is Beneatha's sister-in-law
(b) Beneatha is Ruth's niece by marriage
(c) Beneatha is Ruth's oldest daughter
(d) They are sisters, but Ruth is older
12. Ruth tells Walter Lee she is sorry about:
(a) Mama's decision
(b) His drinking
(c) Her nagging
(d) The new baby
13. What does Ruth call Beneatha's hair style?
(a) Natural
(b) Stylish
(c) Boyish
(d) Nappy
14. She puts on a phonograph record of:
(a) African drumming
(b) Madam Butterfly
(c) American folksongs
(d) Nigerian folk music
15. Where did Mama go?
(a) To tend to business
(b) To visit the neighbor
(c) To Travis' school
(d) To buy groceries
Short Answer Questions
1. What gift does Beneatha's visitor bring?
2. Where does Travis sleep?
3. What does Travis bring in for Mama?
4. What does Walter Lee do when he sees the check?
5. Ruth changes her mind about
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