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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Travis ask Mama?

2. Walter Lee and George argue about:

3. Ruth tells Walter Lee she is sorry about:

4. The new neighborhood is:

5. What does Mama ask Travis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mama waiting for Walter Lee to do after she tells him about Ruth's pregnancy?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Mama react to Beneatha asking whether Ruth "planned" her baby?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and describe the following dramatic structures in the play: Exposition, Rising Action, Turning Points, Climax, and Falling Action. Use dialogue and text examples to support your descriptions.

Essay Topic 2

Hansberry starts the play with a poem by Langston Hughes about a "dream deferred." Explain how this poem and its images relate to the play.

Essay Topic 3

Lorraine Hansberry uses many images in this play. Walter Lee is particularly visual when he speaks about his dreams. Examine the imagery he uses and how it support his character.

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