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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is revealed when Beneatha takes off her headdress?
(a) Many corn rows
(b) A short, natural haircut
(c) A bleached color
(d) Two long braids
2. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:
(a) Uneducated
(b) Upper class
(c) Uncle Toms
(d) Farm hands
3. What is Beneatha's task?
(a) Scrubbing kitchen counters
(b) Washing down walls
(c) Spraying cockroaches
(d) Sweeping the floor
4. Mama's real name is:
(a) Lora
(b) Mabel
(c) Lena
(d) Rose
5. What term does he use to describe Beneatha's hair?
(a) Mutilated
(b) Stylish
(c) Disfigured
(d) American
6. What does Travis bring in for Mama?
(a) The insurance check
(b) A warm winter coat
(c) Kitchen cleanser
(d) A new gardening hat
7. What does Travis do on his way out?
(a) Smacks Beneatha on the her bottom
(b) Steps on as many cockroaches as he can
(c) Grabs his hat and jacket from a hook
(d) Tosses a basketball to his father
8. What is in the letter they are expecting?
(a) A new rental contract
(b) A college application
(c) Lottery prize money
(d) An insurance check
9. What does Walter Lee want to do?
(a) Drink and have fun with his friends
(b) Buy a limosine and run a car service
(c) Open a liquor store with his friends
(d) Go to college and become a doctor
10. Where did Mama go?
(a) To buy groceries
(b) To Travis' school
(c) To tend to business
(d) To visit the neighbor
11. How does Mama react to Beneatha's statement that God no longer exists?
(a) She agree with Beneatha
(b) She begins to pray
(c) She slaps Beneatha
(d) She leaves the room
12. Ruth offers Walter Lee:
(a) Milk
(b) Beer
(c) Soda
(d) Tea
13. How does Beneatha's visitor treat Mama?
(a) He ignores her
(b) With great respect
(c) He is speechless
(d) He tells her jokes
14. What does Travis ask his mother for?
(a) A pop gun
(b) Fifty cents
(c) More eggs
(d) A comic book
15. What does Alaiyo mean?
(a) One Who Dances Like the Peacock
(b) One for Whom Bread Is Not Enough
(c) One for Whom the Goddess Calls
(d) One Who Fights Like a Warrior
Short Answer Questions
1. Mama tells Travis that she has:
2. What was the name of the baby Mama and Big Walter lost?
3. Why does Mama refuse to support Walter Lee's plan to open a liquor store?
4. What country is Beneatha's visitor originally from?
5. What does Mama tell Walter Lee about Ruth?
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