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

2. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:
(a) Uneducated
(b) Upper class
(c) Uncle Toms
(d) Farm hands

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

4. The new neighborhood is:
(a) Mixed race
(b) All-white
(c) Mostly Negro
(d) Mostly white

5. What country is Beneatha's visitor originally from?
(a) Liberia
(b) Canada
(c) Nigeria
(d) Albania

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?

2. In Walter Lee's imaginary African dance, he gestures with a:

3. Walter Lee and George argue about:

4. Walter Lee and Ruth speak privately about what serious issue?

5. What term does Walter Lee use to refer to George's shoes?

(see the answer key)

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