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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ruth think of Willie?
(a) She wonders why he hasn't been arrested
(b) She thinks he's a good-for-nothing loud mouth
(c) That he is a good dresser and very polite
(d) That he's much smarter than Walter Lee

4. Why does Mama refuse to support Walter Lee's plan to open a liquor store?
(a) It fosters immorality by encouraging drinking
(b) She doesn't like Walter Lee as much as she likes Beneatha
(c) She doesn't think he would be a success
(d) She is afraid that the police would close it

5. What is the first thing Ruth does on stage?
(a) She makes herself pretty
(b) She starts breakfast
(c) She wakes Travis up
(d) She reads the paper

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Walter come back after leaving the apartment?

2. What does Mama call the apartment?

3. What does Walter Lee want to do?

4. What was the name of the baby Mama and Big Walter lost?

5. What is Beneatha's current ambition in life?

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