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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 Beneatha see Travis doing?
(a) Playing with a b.b. gun
(b) Chasing a rat in the street
(c) Getting beat up by bullies
(d) Stealing from the grocer

2. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?
(a) An old wind-up clock
(b) A small houseplant
(c) A good-luck statue
(d) A picture of her husband

3. What does Travis do on his way out?
(a) Smacks Beneatha on the her bottom
(b) Grabs his hat and jacket from a hook
(c) Steps on as many cockroaches as he can
(d) Tosses a basketball to his father

4. What is Beneatha's main worry about Ruth's news?
(a) She wonders how to pay the medical bills
(b) She wonders where the baby will live
(c) She wonders whether Ruth can get a new job
(d) She wonders what will happen when Ruth is gone

5. What does Ruth forbid Travis to do?
(a) Ask his grandmother for money
(b) Wear his baggy jeans to school
(c) Stop on the way to school for gum
(d) Turns up the radio so loudly

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the letter they are expecting?

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

3. How did Big Walter die, according to Mama?

4. About how old is Walter Lee Younger?

5. What was the former function of Ruth and Walter Lee's bedroom?

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