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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The house has how many bedrooms?
(a) Five
(b) Three
(c) Two and a half
(d) Four

3. What does Beneatha say she's going out to do?
(a) To buy herself some books
(b) To become a Queen of the Nile
(c) To get a ticket to Nigeria
(d) To get herself a good job

4. What does he mean by that term?
(a) That she has cut it in too many layers
(b) That she straightens it to look Caucasian
(c) That she dyes it with blonde streaks
(d) That she combs into a million braids

5. How did Big Walter die, according to Mama?
(a) He worked himself to death
(b) He was hit by a bus
(c) He died in a factory accident
(d) He committed suicide

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Walter Lee on the telephone?

2. What does Alaiyo mean?

3. How much did Ruth give the abortionist?

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

5. What does Mama call the apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Walter Lee and Ruth react when Mama tells them she bought a house in Clybourne Park?

2. How does Mama react to Beneatha asking whether Ruth "planned" her baby?

3. Which members of the Younger family share each of the two bedrooms?

4. Why do Ruth and Walter Lee react so strongly to the idea of moving to Clybourne Park?

5. Ruth scolds Walter Lee for keeping Travis up the night before. How did Walter Lee do that?

6. How does the author let the reader know that Beneatha is inauthentic in the way she wears her Nigerian costume?

7. Walter Lee mentions that Mama is expecting something to arrive in the mail. What is she expecting?

8. What conclusion do Ruth and Walter Lee come to about their marriage in this scene?

9. Why does Beneatha have to wait to use the bathroom when she wakes up?

10. Why is Beneatha reluctant to let a visitor come over to the apartment on this morning?

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