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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Ruth does on stage?
(a) She wakes Travis up
(b) She reads the paper
(c) She makes herself pretty
(d) She starts breakfast

2. Where will George take Beneatha on their date?Where will George take Beneatha on their date?
(a) To Lake Shore Drive
(b) To the theater
(c) To a folk festival
(d) To a cocktail party

3. What does Travis ask Mama?
(a) Where his clean socks are
(b) Permission to go outside
(c) What smells so nasty
(d) If he can spray the roaches

4. What does Walter Lee give Travis?
(a) A hug
(b) A dollar
(c) Fifty cents
(d) A kiss

5. What does Ruth think of Willie?
(a) She wonders why he hasn't been arrested
(b) That he is a good dresser and very polite
(c) That he's much smarter than Walter Lee
(d) She thinks he's a good-for-nothing loud mouth

6. What was the former function of Ruth and Walter Lee's bedroom?
(a) It was a storage area
(b) It was a breakfast alcove
(c) It was the dining room
(d) It was a large closet

7. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:
(a) Uncle Toms
(b) Uneducated
(c) Farm hands
(d) Upper class

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

9. Where does Beneatha expect to get her tuition from?
(a) The insurance money
(b) Her inheritance
(c) Savings from her job
(d) Gifts from her friends

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

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

12. Under the influence of alcohol, Walter Lee dramatically ridicules what?
(a) His mother's cooking
(b) His wife's figure
(c) His African heritage
(d) His job as a chauffeur

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

14. What lie does Walter Lee tell George?
(a) That he's been to New York City
(b) That he's getting a new job
(c) That he bought a new cadillac
(d) That he has a degree in public speaking

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama chide Ruth about?

2. How does Beneatha's visitor treat Mama?

3. In Walter Lee's imaginary African dance, he gestures with a:

4. What is revealed when Beneatha takes off her headdress?

5. Who is acting as head of the Younger family?

(see the answer keys)

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