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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Mama and Beneatha doing in the beginning of this scene?
(a) Washing dishes
(b) Cleaning the house
(c) Paying bills
(d) Baking bread

2. What does Mama ask Travis?
(a) If he found his missing socks
(b) If he finished his chores
(c) Whether or not he's taken a bath
(d) If he has done his homework yet

3. According to Walter Lee, money is:
(a) Worthless
(b) Life
(c) Important
(d) Evil

4. Mama's real name is:
(a) Lena
(b) Mabel
(c) Rose
(d) Lora

5. What is Beneatha's relationship to Ruth?
(a) Ruth is Beneatha's sister-in-law
(b) Beneatha is Ruth's oldest daughter
(c) They are sisters, but Ruth is older
(d) Beneatha is Ruth's niece by marriage

Short Answer Questions

1. George doesn't care for:

2. Walter Lee is bitter and disappointed. Why?

3. What does Travis ask his mother for?

4. Why does Mama refuse to support Walter Lee's plan to open a liquor store?

5. Ruth is doing a domestic chore. What is it?

(see the answer key)

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