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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Travis ask his mother for?
(a) A comic book
(b) Fifty cents
(c) A pop gun
(d) More eggs

2. How does Mama react to Beneatha's statement that God no longer exists?
(a) She slaps Beneatha
(b) She leaves the room
(c) She begins to pray
(d) She agree with Beneatha

3. What does Beneatha say she's going out to do?
(a) To buy herself some books
(b) To get a ticket to Nigeria
(c) To become a Queen of the Nile
(d) To get herself a good job

4. What is Beneatha's main worry about Ruth's news?
(a) She wonders where the baby will live
(b) She wonders whether Ruth can get a new job
(c) She wonders what will happen when Ruth is gone
(d) She wonders how to pay the medical bills

5. In the paper, Walter Lee reads about:
(a) Another bomb test
(b) A garbage strike
(c) A battle in France
(d) A recent murder

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old is Walter Lee Younger?

2. What does Travis go to do?

3. Who makes the first entrance?

4. How much did Ruth give the abortionist?

5. Who calls Walter Lee on the telephone?

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