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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Walter Lee want to do?
(a) Buy a limosine and run a car service
(b) Drink and have fun with his friends
(c) Open a liquor store with his friends
(d) Go to college and become a doctor

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

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

4. Ruth tells Walter Lee she is sorry about:
(a) Mama's decision
(b) Her nagging
(c) The new baby
(d) His drinking

5. What are Mama and Beneatha doing in the beginning of this scene?
(a) Cleaning the house
(b) Baking bread
(c) Paying bills
(d) Washing dishes

6. What term does he use to describe Beneatha's hair?
(a) Disfigured
(b) Stylish
(c) Mutilated
(d) American

7. Mama ignores:
(a) Walter Lee
(b) Her neighbor
(c) Travis
(d) Ruth

8. In Walter Lee's imaginary African dance, he gestures with a:
(a) Bow
(b) Drum
(c) Spear
(d) Knife

9. Describe Beneatha's new outfit.
(a) A formal party gown
(b) A Nigerian robe
(c) A folk dancing skirt
(d) A cocktail dress

10. What does Travis go to do?
(a) Carry groceries at the local store
(b) Go to the movies with his friends
(c) Play stickball with his friends
(d) Study at the local library

11. When will the family move?
(a) The first of the month
(b) In ten days
(c) Next week
(d) In two weeks

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

13. What gift does Beneatha's visitor bring?
(a) A little puppy
(b) Flowers and candy
(c) Records and robes
(d) A large cake

14. Who calls Walter Lee on the telephone?
(a) Willie Harris
(b) The landlord
(c) Ruth
(d) His boss

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the letter they are expecting?

2. What does Ruth forbid Travis to do?

3. How much did Ruth give the abortionist?

4. How long did Mama and Big Walter plan on living in their apartment when they moved in?

5. She puts on a phonograph record of:

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