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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. Where does Mama tell Beneatha that Ruth has gone?
(a) To get her hair done
(b) To visit a neighbor
(c) To the post office
(d) To see the doctor

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

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

4. What does Ruth announce to Mama and Beneatha?
(a) That she's feeling ill
(b) That she's pregnant
(c) That she got a new job
(d) That she's been fired

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mama asks Walter Lee if he is:

2. What does Mama send Travis out to borrow?

3. Who makes the first entrance?

4. What does Ruth forbid Travis to do?

5. Which character starts the play on stage?

(see the answer key)

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