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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. Walter Lee has been out talking to:
(a) Bobo
(b) George Murchison
(c) The bartender
(d) Willie Harris

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

3. Beneatha turns off the radio which was playing:
(a) Jazz
(b) Blues
(c) Swing
(d) Rock

4. Where does Travis sleep?
(a) In the curtained alcove
(b) In the living room
(c) In a bedroom off the hall
(d) On the fire escape

5. What does Alaiyo mean?
(a) One for Whom the Goddess Calls
(b) One for Whom Bread Is Not Enough
(c) One Who Dances Like the Peacock
(d) One Who Fights Like a Warrior

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Walter come back after leaving the apartment?

2. What does Mama tell Walter Lee about Ruth?

3. What is revealed when Beneatha takes off her headdress?

4. What does Travis bring in for Mama?

5. What does Ruth announce to Mama and Beneatha?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Walter Lee do when he sees Beneatha in her Nigerian costume?

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

4. Why is it difficult for members of the Younger family to use the bathroom in the morning?

5. Why does Walter Lee get upset at Mama when she tells him about her plans for the insurance money?

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

7. Why did Mama decide to buy a new house for the family?

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

9. Why do you think Ruth fainted at the end of the scene?

10. What is Beneatha afraid that Mama will do when Beneatha's visitor arrives?

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