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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Travis go to do?
(a) Carry groceries at the local store
(b) Go to the movies with his friends
(c) Study at the local library
(d) Play stickball with his friends

2. Mama asks Walter Lee if he is:
(a) Working too hard
(b) Thinking of suicide
(c) Seeing another woman
(d) Gambling and drinking

3. Where is the action of this play set?
(a) In a boarding house in New York City
(b) In a small apartment in Chicago's Southside
(c) In an apartment in a small town in Illinois
(d) In a quiet house in a Chicago suburb

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

5. What is Beneatha's main worry about Ruth's news?
(a) She wonders whether Ruth can get a new job
(b) She wonders where the baby will live
(c) She wonders how to pay the medical bills
(d) She wonders what will happen when Ruth is gone

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beneatha's relationship to Ruth?

2. How much money does Walter Lee need for his plans?

3. What country is Beneatha's visitor originally from?

4. What gift does Beneatha's visitor bring?

5. What does Walter Lee want to do?

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