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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objection does Mama raise to Beneatha getting married?
(a) She's still in school
(b) She's too young
(c) She's not in love
(d) She's too poor

2. What is the mood at the beginning of this act?
(a) Nervous
(b) Excited
(c) Happy
(d) Gloomy

3. What does Travis give to Mama?
(a) A big hat
(b) A flowerpot
(c) A pie pan
(d) A plastic pony

4. What does Beneatha scornfully call Joseph?
(a) A martyr
(b) A madman
(c) A dreamer
(d) A hypocrite

5. What is Walter Lee looking for when he searches the apartment?
(a) His father's pistol
(b) His paycheck
(c) A betting guide
(d) Karl Lindner's card

6. Mr. Arnold threatens to:
(a) Fire Walter
(b) Take the train
(c) Drive himself
(d) Walk to the bus

7. What has Ruth bought for the new house?
(a) Pillows
(b) Curtains
(c) Flower pots
(d) Welcome mat

8. How long has Beneatha wanted to be a doctor?
(a) Since her father died in an accident
(b) Since she had her tonsils taken out
(c) Since she got good grades in High School
(d) Since she witnessed an accident as a child

9. While Beneatha listens to Mr. Lindner, she:
(a) Taps her feet
(b) Tosses fruit
(c) Chews gum
(d) Fidgets

10. Beneatha walks by dressed in:
(a) A silk slip
(b) Pajamas
(c) A bathrobe
(d) Blue jeans

11. What does the Welcoming Committee offer to do?
(a) Sell the new house
(b) Buy the new house
(c) Rent the new house
(d) Paint the new house

12. What does Mama ask Beneatha and Ruth to do?
(a) Tell the landlord that they'll be staying on
(b) Call the moving company to cancel their service
(c) Spray the rooms one more time for cockroaches
(d) Use the newspapers to pack up the china

13. What offer does Agasai make to Beneatha?
(a) To take her to the movies
(b) To take her to Nigeria
(c) To pay for her schooling
(d) To take her to Canada

14. Why does Mama want to put $3000 put in the bank?
(a) For Beneatha's school tuition
(b) For Travis' future education
(c) For Walter's liquor business
(d) For Ruth's hospital expenses

15. What time are the moving men due?
(a) Five o'clock
(b) Four o'clock
(c) One o'clock
(d) Ten past noon

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Lindner describe the people in Clybourne Park?

2. What word is it that affects Walter Lee so strongly that he begins to pace and mutter?

3. What is the first thing Ruth will do in the new house?

4. Walter Lee has been missing from work for:

5. Beneatha tells Mama that George is:

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