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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 chide Ruth about?
(a) Being careless with her money
(b) Buckling under to Walter Lee too much
(c) Getting up too late to make Travis's bed
(d) Not fixing a hot breakfast for Travis

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

3. What does Travis ask his mother for?
(a) Fifty cents
(b) More eggs
(c) A comic book
(d) A pop gun

4. What is Beneatha's current ambition in life?
(a) To marry a rich man
(b) To become a doctor
(c) To go on the stage
(d) To leave Chicago

5. Walter Lee and George argue about:
(a) Their values and lifestyles
(b) Beneatha's short haircut
(c) Their family vacations
(d) Their choice of entertainment

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Walter Lee use to refer to George's shoes?

2. Where will George take Beneatha on their date?Where will George take Beneatha on their date?

3. George doesn't care for:

4. How much did Ruth give the abortionist?

5. Ruth is joyful. She shouts goodbye to:

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Beneatha differ from the other members of her family?

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

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

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

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