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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Walter Lee has been out talking to:
(a) Willie Harris
(b) The bartender
(c) George Murchison
(d) Bobo

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

4. Who makes the first entrance?
(a) Beneatha
(b) Mama
(c) Ruth
(d) Travis

5. What does Travis bring in for Mama?
(a) A new gardening hat
(b) The insurance check
(c) A warm winter coat
(d) Kitchen cleanser

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

7. Walter Lee and Ruth speak privately about what serious issue?
(a) Their deteriorating relationship
(b) Walter Lee's need for milk or coffee
(c) Their son Travis' behavior
(d) Mama's decision to buy a house

8. Ruth is joyful. She shouts goodbye to:
(a) Dirty laundry
(b) Ironing boards
(c) Walls and roaches
(d) Nosey neighbors

9. Who is acting as head of the Younger family?
(a) Walter Lee
(b) Mama
(c) Ruth
(d) Travis

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

11. What does Mama urge Ruth to do?
(a) Save money by buying on sale
(b) Hurry up and leave for work
(c) Stay home from work to rest
(d) Buy herself a new outfit

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

13. What does Mama send Travis out to borrow?
(a) Kitchen cleanser
(b) Cockroach spray
(c) Baking powder
(d) Confectioner's Sugar

14. 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) Go to college and become a doctor
(d) Open a liquor store with his friends

15. What does Travis ask his mother for?
(a) More eggs
(b) A pop gun
(c) Fifty cents
(d) A comic book

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alaiyo mean?

2. What does Ruth forbid Travis to do?

3. How does Beneatha's visitor treat Mama?

4. What does Walter Lee give Travis?

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

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