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

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

3. Who is acting as head of the Younger family?
(a) Mama
(b) Travis
(c) Ruth
(d) Walter Lee

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

5. What are Mama and Beneatha doing in the beginning of this scene?
(a) Paying bills
(b) Washing dishes
(c) Baking bread
(d) Cleaning the house

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama tell Walter Lee about Ruth?

2. Ruth is joyful. She shouts goodbye to:

3. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?

4. Describe Beneatha's new outfit.

5. Ruth offers Walter Lee:

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Mama waiting for Walter Lee to do after she tells him about Ruth's pregnancy?

4. Travis asks repeatedly where his mother, Ruth, is during this scene. Why doesn't Mama answer his question?

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

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

7. Why is Mama suspicious when Ruth refers to the doctor as a female?

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

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

10. Mama already has plans for the insurance money. What are they?

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