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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 the Welcoming Committee offer to do?
(a) Buy the new house
(b) Rent the new house
(c) Paint the new house
(d) Sell the new house

2. What was the name of boy in Beneatha's story?
(a) Rufus
(b) David
(c) Larry
(d) Bob

3. Mrs. Johnson comes in. Who is she?
(a) Mama's cousin
(b) A distant relative
(c) Ruth's best friend
(d) A nosy neighbor

4. Bobo waited for Willie how long?
(a) Six hours
(b) All night
(c) All day
(d) Two hours

5. What, according to Mama, happened to Walter Lee in this scene?
(a) He saved the family from disaster
(b) He learned an important lesson
(c) He lost his head in a crisis
(d) He came into his manhood

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth tell Travis to do when Karl Lindner arrives?

2. What does Mr. Lindner bring the Youngers?

3. Where did Ruth go with Walter Lee?

4. Beneatha thinks Mama looks like:

5. What opinion does the Welcoming Committee hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Walter Lee's body language as he approaches Karl Lindner to accept the man's offer.

2. Ruth thinks that the sign Beneatha is making for a box of china can be seen from an airplane. What is Ruth implying about Beneatha?

3. Why does Walter Lee finally decide not to take Karl Lindner's money?

4. Walter Lee asks Mr. Lindner to get out, but Mr. Lindner leaves something behind. What?

5. Mama explains to Mrs. Johnson that Walter Lee is busy resting. What conclusion does Mrs. Johnson jump to on hearing that?

6. Mama says she's tired after work. She has climbed steps to get into the apartment. Explain why she didn't use an elevator.

7. Ruth tells Beneatha she went out with Walter Lee the night before. Why is that special?

8. A new character, Mr. Karl Lindner, appears at the door. How is he greeted by the adult Youngers?

9. How does Mama show understanding when Beneatha says that George is a fool?

10. How do we know that Beneatha tends to hold political positions that promote civil rights?

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