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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Walter Lee, money is:
(a) Worthless
(b) Important
(c) Evil
(d) Life
2. What is Beneatha's task?
(a) Spraying cockroaches
(b) Scrubbing kitchen counters
(c) Sweeping the floor
(d) Washing down walls
3. George doesn't care for:
(a) Coffee
(b) Whiskey
(c) Soda Pop
(d) Beer
4. What is revealed when Beneatha takes off her headdress?
(a) Two long braids
(b) A short, natural haircut
(c) Many corn rows
(d) A bleached color
5. What does Travis do on his way out?
(a) Tosses a basketball to his father
(b) Grabs his hat and jacket from a hook
(c) Steps on as many cockroaches as he can
(d) Smacks Beneatha on the her bottom
6. What does Mama urge Ruth to do?
(a) Hurry up and leave for work
(b) Save money by buying on sale
(c) Buy herself a new outfit
(d) Stay home from work to rest
7. What does Mama tell Walter Lee about Ruth?
(a) That she's pregnant
(b) That she's dying
(c) She needs his love
(d) She works too hard
8. Where does Beneatha expect to get her tuition from?
(a) Gifts from her friends
(b) Her inheritance
(c) The insurance money
(d) Savings from her job
9. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?
(a) A good-luck statue
(b) A small houseplant
(c) An old wind-up clock
(d) A picture of her husband
10. What does Walter Lee say when Ruth says she's considering an abortion?
(a) Let's talk about it
(b) He says nothing
(c) It's a good idea
(d) You can't do that
11. What does Walter Lee do when he sees the check?
(a) Asks Mama to give him half of the money immediately
(b) Asks Mama to tell how much of it he can use
(c) Tries to persuade Mama to use the money for a car
(d) Starts telling Mama about his plan to buy a store
12. Ruth tells Walter Lee she is sorry about:
(a) His drinking
(b) Mama's decision
(c) Her nagging
(d) The new baby
13. What does Mama ask Travis?
(a) If he finished his chores
(b) If he has done his homework yet
(c) Whether or not he's taken a bath
(d) If he found his missing socks
14. In Walter Lee's imaginary African dance, he gestures with a:
(a) Knife
(b) Bow
(c) Spear
(d) Drum
15. Where did Mama go?
(a) To Travis' school
(b) To buy groceries
(c) To tend to business
(d) To visit the neighbor
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Beneatha say she's going out to do?
2. What does he mean by that term?
3. Who calls Walter Lee on the telephone?
4. Where does Travis sleep?
5. What does Travis ask Mama?
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