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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When will the family move?
(a) In two weeks
(b) In ten days
(c) Next week
(d) The first of the month
2. How long did Mama and Big Walter plan on living in their apartment when they moved in?
(a) One year
(b) Five years
(c) Ten years
(d) Two years
3. Why does Mama refuse to support Walter Lee's plan to open a liquor store?
(a) She doesn't like Walter Lee as much as she likes Beneatha
(b) She is afraid that the police would close it
(c) She doesn't think he would be a success
(d) It fosters immorality by encouraging drinking
4. What is Beneatha's task?
(a) Washing down walls
(b) Spraying cockroaches
(c) Scrubbing kitchen counters
(d) Sweeping the floor
5. What does Travis ask Mama?
(a) If he can spray the roaches
(b) Where his clean socks are
(c) Permission to go outside
(d) What smells so nasty
6. Walter Lee is bitter and disappointed. Why?
(a) He sees his own dreams shattered
(b) He wants to stay in the apartment
(c) He wants to buy a new limousine
(d) He wants to move to New York
7. What is the first thing Ruth does on stage?
(a) She wakes Travis up
(b) She reads the paper
(c) She starts breakfast
(d) She makes herself pretty
8. What does Ruth call Beneatha's hair style?
(a) Stylish
(b) Boyish
(c) Nappy
(d) Natural
9. What does Walter Lee give Travis?
(a) A hug
(b) Fifty cents
(c) A dollar
(d) A kiss
10. What does Mama send Travis out to borrow?
(a) Kitchen cleanser
(b) Baking powder
(c) Confectioner's Sugar
(d) Cockroach spray
11. How does Walter Lee like his eggs?
(a) Over easy
(b) Any way but scrambled
(c) Scrambled
(d) Poached
12. Where does Mama tell Beneatha that Ruth has gone?
(a) To see the doctor
(b) To the post office
(c) To get her hair done
(d) To visit a neighbor
13. What term does he use to describe Beneatha's hair?
(a) Disfigured
(b) Stylish
(c) American
(d) Mutilated
14. What method does Beneatha suggest for getting rid of the cockroaches?
(a) Setting fire to the building
(b) Drowning them with the dishwater
(c) Using flyswatters to hit them
(d) Getting a cat to chase them away
15. What does Walter Lee say when Ruth says she's considering an abortion?
(a) It's a good idea
(b) Let's talk about it
(c) He says nothing
(d) You can't do that
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Travis go to do?
2. Describe Beneatha's new outfit.
3. What gift does Beneatha's visitor bring?
4. Walter Lee and George argue about:
5. Where is the action of this play set?
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