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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 Mama keep on the windowsill?
(a) A picture of her husband
(b) A small houseplant
(c) A good-luck statue
(d) An old wind-up clock

2. What does Ruth announce to Mama and Beneatha?
(a) That she's feeling ill
(b) That she got a new job
(c) That she's been fired
(d) That she's pregnant

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

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

5. According to Walter Lee, money is:
(a) Life
(b) Worthless
(c) Evil
(d) Important

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama chide Ruth about?

2. What does Walter Lee give Travis?

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

4. Mama asks Walter Lee if he is:

5. What does Mama call the apartment?

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