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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ruth call Beneatha's hair style?
(a) Stylish
(b) Natural
(c) Boyish
(d) Nappy

3. Ruth changes her mind about
(a) Going to the store
(b) Arguing with Walter Lee
(c) Doing the dishes
(d) Whipping Travis

4. How much did Ruth give the abortionist?
(a) Ten dollars
(b) Twenty-five dollars
(c) Five dollars
(d) Fifty dollars

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

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

7. What term does he use to describe Beneatha's hair?
(a) Disfigured
(b) Mutilated
(c) American
(d) Stylish

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

9. What is in the letter they are expecting?
(a) A new rental contract
(b) An insurance check
(c) A college application
(d) Lottery prize money

10. About how old is Walter Lee Younger?
(a) 45
(b) 50
(c) 25
(d) 35

11. What does Ruth forbid Travis to do?
(a) Stop on the way to school for gum
(b) Ask his grandmother for money
(c) Turns up the radio so loudly
(d) Wear his baggy jeans to school

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

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

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

15. What is Beneatha's current ambition in life?
(a) To go on the stage
(b) To leave Chicago
(c) To marry a rich man
(d) To become a doctor

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mama tell Beneatha that Ruth has gone?

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

3. Ruth is doing a domestic chore. What is it?

4. Walter Lee is bitter and disappointed. Why?

5. Where does Travis sleep?

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