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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) The first of the month
(b) In ten days
(c) Next week
(d) In two weeks

2. She puts on a phonograph record of:
(a) American folksongs
(b) African drumming
(c) Madam Butterfly
(d) Nigerian folk music

3. What does Mama ask Travis?
(a) If he has done his homework yet
(b) Whether or not he's taken a bath
(c) If he found his missing socks
(d) If he finished his chores

4. George doesn't care for:
(a) Coffee
(b) Soda Pop
(c) Beer
(d) Whiskey

5. Ruth offers Walter Lee:
(a) Soda
(b) Beer
(c) Milk
(d) Tea

6. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?
(a) A good-luck statue
(b) An old wind-up clock
(c) A picture of her husband
(d) A small houseplant

7. Mama asks Walter Lee if he is:
(a) Working too hard
(b) Thinking of suicide
(c) Gambling and drinking
(d) Seeing another woman

8. What is the time period of the play?
(a) Late 1930s through the late 1940s
(b) Late 1940s through late 1950s
(c) Late 1960s through late 1970s
(d) Early 1960s through early1970s

9. What term does Walter Lee use to refer to George's shoes?
(a) Patent leather
(b) White bucks
(c) Made in Italy
(d) Saddle shoes

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

11. 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's much smarter than Walter Lee
(d) That he is a good dresser and very polite

12. What does Walter Lee do when he sees the check?
(a) Starts telling Mama about his plan to buy a store
(b) Asks Mama to tell how much of it he can use
(c) Tries to persuade Mama to use the money for a car
(d) Asks Mama to give him half of the money immediately

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

14. According to Walter Lee, money is:
(a) Evil
(b) Worthless
(c) Life
(d) Important

15. Walter Lee and George argue about:
(a) Their family vacations
(b) Their choice of entertainment
(c) Beneatha's short haircut
(d) Their values and lifestyles

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does he use to describe Beneatha's hair?

2. What does Walter Lee want to do?

3. About how old is Walter Lee Younger?

4. Walter Lee and Ruth speak privately about what serious issue?

5. What is Beneatha's current ambition in life?

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