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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. What does Walter Lee want to do?
(a) Go to college and become a doctor
(b) Buy a limosine and run a car service
(c) Open a liquor store with his friends
(d) Drink and have fun with his friends

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

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

4. What was the former function of Ruth and Walter Lee's bedroom?
(a) It was a storage area
(b) It was a breakfast alcove
(c) It was the dining room
(d) It was a large closet

5. Where does Travis sleep?
(a) On the fire escape
(b) In the curtained alcove
(c) In the living room
(d) In a bedroom off the hall

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama call the apartment?

2. What does Ruth think of Willie?

3. How does Walter Lee like his eggs?

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

5. What does Travis ask his mother for?

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