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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 Mama ask Travis?
(a) If he found his missing socks
(b) If he finished his chores
(c) Whether or not he's taken a bath
(d) If he has done his homework yet

2. What does Travis do on his way out?
(a) Smacks Beneatha on the her bottom
(b) Steps on as many cockroaches as he can
(c) Grabs his hat and jacket from a hook
(d) Tosses a basketball to his father

3. What is Beneatha's relationship to Ruth?
(a) They are sisters, but Ruth is older
(b) Beneatha is Ruth's oldest daughter
(c) Beneatha is Ruth's niece by marriage
(d) Ruth is Beneatha's sister-in-law

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

5. Where is the house that Mama bought?
(a) Clayton Manor
(b) Parkside Square
(c) Park Street Lane
(d) Clybourne Park

Short Answer Questions

1. The house has how many bedrooms?

2. What does Mama call the apartment?

3. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:

4. Who is acting as head of the Younger family?

5. How much did Ruth give the abortionist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Walter Lee's future, as he sees it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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