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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth give Mrs. Johnson?
(a) Milk and pie
(b) Soda and crackers
(c) Tea and cookies
(d) Coffee and cake

2. What is the bad news?
(a) Willie was late meeting Bobo
(b) Willie had an accident
(c) Bobo and Willie argued
(d) Willie didn't meet Bobo

3. What does Ruth think of Willie?
(a) She thinks he's a good-for-nothing loud mouth
(b) She wonders why he hasn't been arrested
(c) That he is a good dresser and very polite
(d) That he's much smarter than Walter Lee

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

5. Where is the house that Mama bought?
(a) Clybourne Park
(b) Parkside Square
(c) Park Street Lane
(d) Clayton Manor

Short Answer Questions

1. Mama comes home from work and complains about:

2. How much did Ruth give the abortionist?

3. Where does Mama tell Beneatha that Ruth has gone?

4. Beneatha says her people have to overcome:

5. What does Mama send Travis out to borrow?

(see the answer key)

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