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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 is the time period of the play?
(a) Late 1960s through late 1970s
(b) Early 1960s through early1970s
(c) Late 1940s through late 1950s
(d) Late 1930s through the late 1940s

2. Why does Mama refuse to support Walter Lee's plan to open a liquor store?
(a) She is afraid that the police would close it
(b) She doesn't like Walter Lee as much as she likes Beneatha
(c) It fosters immorality by encouraging drinking
(d) She doesn't think he would be a success

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

4. In the paper, Walter Lee reads about:
(a) A battle in France
(b) A garbage strike
(c) A recent murder
(d) Another bomb test

5. Walter Lee and Ruth speak privately about what serious issue?
(a) Mama's decision to buy a house
(b) Walter Lee's need for milk or coffee
(c) Their deteriorating relationship
(d) Their son Travis' behavior

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruth offers Walter Lee:

2. Mama's real name is:

3. What does Mama tell Walter Lee about Ruth?

4. What term does he use to describe Beneatha's hair?

5. Walter Lee is bitter and disappointed. Why?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the importance of Mama's spindly plant to her character?

3. What does Ruth urge Mama to do with the insurance money for Big Walter's death?

4. What function does Joseph Asagai provide in this play about an African-American family?

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

6. Why is Ruth so embarrassed by Walter Lee and Beneatha when George Murchison comes in?

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

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

9. What does Walter Lee taunt George about as they wait for Beneatha?

10. How does Mama react when her neighbor, Mrs. Johnson, refuses to lend her some cleanser?

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