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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 Ruth do at the end of the scene?
(a) She faints
(b) Makes Travis's bed
(c) Sings a hymn
(d) Prays

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

3. What does Mama warn Walter Lee about?
(a) That his work is too dangerous
(b) That he's going to lose his job
(c) That he's getting too greedy
(d) That Ruth might leave him

4. What is the time period of the play?
(a) Late 1960s through late 1970s
(b) Early 1960s through early1970s
(c) Late 1940s through late 1950s
(d) Late 1930s through the late 1940s

5. What does he mean by that term?
(a) That she dyes it with blonde streaks
(b) That she straightens it to look Caucasian
(c) That she has cut it in too many layers
(d) That she combs into a million braids

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the letter they are expecting?

2. How much money does Walter Lee need for his plans?

3. How does Mama react to Beneatha's statement that God no longer exists?

4. What is the first thing Ruth does on stage?

5. What is Beneatha's task?

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