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

2. What does Ruth do at the end of the scene?
(a) Sings a hymn
(b) She faints
(c) Prays
(d) Makes Travis's bed

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

4. How does Walter Lee like his eggs?
(a) Poached
(b) Any way but scrambled
(c) Scrambled
(d) Over easy

5. How did Big Walter die, according to Mama?
(a) He worked himself to death
(b) He committed suicide
(c) He was hit by a bus
(d) He died in a factory accident

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?

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

3. What was the former function of Ruth and Walter Lee's bedroom?

4. What was the name of the baby Mama and Big Walter lost?

5. What is the time period of the play?

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