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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The house has how many bedrooms?
(a) Two and a half
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Three
2. What is the first thing Ruth does on stage?
(a) She reads the paper
(b) She wakes Travis up
(c) She makes herself pretty
(d) She starts breakfast
3. Who is acting as head of the Younger family?
(a) Ruth
(b) Walter Lee
(c) Travis
(d) Mama
4. How does Beneatha's visitor treat Mama?
(a) He ignores her
(b) With great respect
(c) He is speechless
(d) He tells her jokes
5. What term does Walter Lee use to refer to George's shoes?
(a) Patent leather
(b) Saddle shoes
(c) Made in Italy
(d) White bucks
6. 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 doesn't think he would be a success
(c) It fosters immorality by encouraging drinking
(d) She is afraid that the police would close it
7. Beneatha turns off the radio which was playing:
(a) Blues
(b) Rock
(c) Jazz
(d) Swing
8. Where did Mama go?
(a) To visit the neighbor
(b) To tend to business
(c) To buy groceries
(d) To Travis' school
9. Where does Beneatha expect to get her tuition from?
(a) The insurance money
(b) Savings from her job
(c) Gifts from her friends
(d) Her inheritance
10. Where does Travis sleep?
(a) In the living room
(b) In a bedroom off the hall
(c) On the fire escape
(d) In the curtained alcove
11. What does he mean by that term?
(a) That she dyes it with blonde streaks
(b) That she combs into a million braids
(c) That she straightens it to look Caucasian
(d) That she has cut it in too many layers
12. Mama ignores:
(a) Walter Lee
(b) Travis
(c) Ruth
(d) Her neighbor
13. What was the name of the baby Mama and Big Walter lost?
(a) Mary
(b) Joseph
(c) Benjamin
(d) Claude
14. 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
15. What does Alaiyo mean?
(a) One Who Fights Like a Warrior
(b) One for Whom the Goddess Calls
(c) One for Whom Bread Is Not Enough
(d) One Who Dances Like the Peacock
Short Answer Questions
1. Mama tells Travis that she has:
2. Where is the house that Mama bought?
3. What does Travis ask his mother for?
4. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?
5. What does Travis bring in for Mama?
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