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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. How much money does Walter Lee need for his plans?
(a) $75,000
(b) $25,000
(c) $10,000
(d) $3,500

2. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:
(a) Upper class
(b) Uneducated
(c) Uncle Toms
(d) Farm hands

3. What does Mama send Travis out to borrow?
(a) Kitchen cleanser
(b) Confectioner's Sugar
(c) Cockroach spray
(d) Baking powder

4. Ruth changes her mind about
(a) Going to the store
(b) Whipping Travis
(c) Arguing with Walter Lee
(d) Doing the dishes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Walter Lee is bitter and disappointed. Why?

2. What does Mama chide Ruth about?

3. She puts on a phonograph record of:

4. What gift does Beneatha's visitor bring?

5. What is Beneatha's current ambition in life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author let the reader know that Beneatha is inauthentic in the way she wears her Nigerian costume?

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

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

4. How does Beneatha surprise George before they go out on their date?

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

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

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

8. Ruth scolds Walter Lee for keeping Travis up the night before. How did Walter Lee do that?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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