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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is in the letter they are expecting?
(a) A new rental contract
(b) An insurance check
(c) Lottery prize money
(d) A college application

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

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

5. How does Walter Lee like his eggs?
(a) Scrambled
(b) Any way but scrambled
(c) Poached
(d) Over easy

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is acting as head of the Younger family?

2. What does Walter Lee do when he sees the check?

3. The house has how many bedrooms?

4. Ruth changes her mind about

5. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:

(see the answer key)

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