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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes the first entrance?
(a) Beneatha
(b) Mama
(c) Travis
(d) Ruth

2. What does Walter Lee want to do?
(a) Go to college and become a doctor
(b) Open a liquor store with his friends
(c) Buy a limosine and run a car service
(d) Drink and have fun with his friends

3. What does Ruth forbid Travis to do?
(a) Wear his baggy jeans to school
(b) Stop on the way to school for gum
(c) Ask his grandmother for money
(d) Turns up the radio so loudly

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Walter come back after leaving the apartment?

2. What is Beneatha's relationship to Ruth?

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

4. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?

5. What does Walter Lee give Travis?

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