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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about the apartment?
(a) Packing boxes fill the room
(b) Suitcases are being filled
(c) Furniture is rearranged
(d) The rugs are rolled up

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 Mama send Travis out to borrow?
(a) Confectioner's Sugar
(b) Kitchen cleanser
(c) Baking powder
(d) Cockroach spray

4. While Beneatha listens to Mr. Lindner, she:
(a) Tosses fruit
(b) Taps her feet
(c) Chews gum
(d) Fidgets

5. What does Beneatha see Travis doing?
(a) Getting beat up by bullies
(b) Chasing a rat in the street
(c) Stealing from the grocer
(d) Playing with a b.b. gun

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the influence of alcohol, Walter Lee dramatically ridicules what?

2. What does Mama chide Ruth about?

3. Beneatha thinks Mama looks like:

4. What is the time period of the play?

5. What does Ruth do at the end of the scene?

(see the answer key)

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