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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 Mama?
(a) Where his clean socks are
(b) If he can spray the roaches
(c) Permission to go outside
(d) What smells so nasty

2. Who makes the first entrance?
(a) Beneatha
(b) Ruth
(c) Travis
(d) Mama

3. Where does Beneatha expect to get her tuition from?
(a) Gifts from her friends
(b) The insurance money
(c) Savings from her job
(d) Her inheritance

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

5. Who calls Walter Lee on the telephone?
(a) His boss
(b) Ruth
(c) The landlord
(d) Willie Harris

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama call the apartment?

2. What does Beneatha see Travis doing?

3. What is Beneatha's main worry about Ruth's news?

4. Where does Mama tell Beneatha that Ruth has gone?

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

(see the answer key)

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