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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Beneatha's relationship to Ruth?
(a) They are sisters, but Ruth is older
(b) Beneatha is Ruth's niece by marriage
(c) Ruth is Beneatha's sister-in-law
(d) Beneatha is Ruth's oldest daughter

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

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

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

5. How much did Ruth give the abortionist?
(a) Twenty-five dollars
(b) Fifty dollars
(c) Five dollars
(d) Ten dollars

6. How long did Mama and Big Walter plan on living in their apartment when they moved in?
(a) One year
(b) Two years
(c) Five years
(d) Ten years

7. The house has how many bedrooms?
(a) Four
(b) Two and a half
(c) Three
(d) Five

8. What method does Beneatha suggest for getting rid of the cockroaches?
(a) Setting fire to the building
(b) Using flyswatters to hit them
(c) Drowning them with the dishwater
(d) Getting a cat to chase them away

9. What does Mama warn Walter Lee about?
(a) That he's going to lose his job
(b) That he's getting too greedy
(c) That Ruth might leave him
(d) That his work is too dangerous

10. Where does Beneatha expect to get her tuition from?
(a) Gifts from her friends
(b) Savings from her job
(c) Her inheritance
(d) The insurance money

11. Which character starts the play on stage?
(a) Ruth
(b) Travis
(c) Mama
(d) Walter Lee

12. What does Ruth do at the end of the scene?
(a) She faints
(b) Prays
(c) Makes Travis's bed
(d) Sings a hymn

13. What is Beneatha's task?
(a) Sweeping the floor
(b) Scrubbing kitchen counters
(c) Spraying cockroaches
(d) Washing down walls

14. Ruth is doing a domestic chore. What is it?
(a) Sweeping
(b) Scrubbing
(c) Ironing
(d) Dusting

15. How does Mama react to Beneatha's statement that God no longer exists?
(a) She begins to pray
(b) She slaps Beneatha
(c) She leaves the room
(d) She agree with Beneatha

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old is Walter Lee Younger?

2. What does Beneatha say she's going out to do?

3. What does Walter Lee say when Ruth says she's considering an abortion?

4. What does Ruth announce to Mama and Beneatha?

5. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:

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