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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. How does Beneatha's visitor treat Mama?
(a) He tells her jokes
(b) He ignores her
(c) With great respect
(d) He is speechless

2. What does Mama chide Ruth about?
(a) Being careless with her money
(b) Buckling under to Walter Lee too much
(c) Getting up too late to make Travis's bed
(d) Not fixing a hot breakfast for Travis

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

4. What does Mama send Travis out to borrow?
(a) Confectioner's Sugar
(b) Baking powder
(c) Kitchen cleanser
(d) Cockroach spray

5. Where is the action of this play set?
(a) In an apartment in a small town in Illinois
(b) In a quiet house in a Chicago suburb
(c) In a boarding house in New York City
(d) In a small apartment in Chicago's Southside

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama warn Walter Lee about?

2. What does Walter Lee give Travis?

3. What does Travis ask Mama?

4. What does he mean by that term?

5. Who calls Walter Lee on the telephone?

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