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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Mama ignores:
(a) Walter Lee
(b) Ruth
(c) Travis
(d) Her neighbor
2. How does Mama react to Beneatha's statement that God no longer exists?
(a) She begins to pray
(b) She slaps Beneatha
(c) She agree with Beneatha
(d) She leaves the room
3. The new neighborhood is:
(a) Mostly Negro
(b) Mostly white
(c) All-white
(d) Mixed race
4. What was the name of the baby Mama and Big Walter lost?
(a) Benjamin
(b) Claude
(c) Joseph
(d) Mary
5. What was the former function of Ruth and Walter Lee's bedroom?
(a) It was a storage area
(b) It was the dining room
(c) It was a large closet
(d) It was a breakfast alcove
6. What does Travis go to do?
(a) Study at the local library
(b) Go to the movies with his friends
(c) Play stickball with his friends
(d) Carry groceries at the local store
7. What lie does Walter Lee tell George?
(a) That he's been to New York City
(b) That he has a degree in public speaking
(c) That he's getting a new job
(d) That he bought a new cadillac
8. What does Mama keep on the windowsill?
(a) A good-luck statue
(b) A small houseplant
(c) An old wind-up clock
(d) A picture of her husband
9. What does Mama ask Travis?
(a) If he found his missing socks
(b) If he has done his homework yet
(c) Whether or not he's taken a bath
(d) If he finished his chores
10. What country is Beneatha's visitor originally from?
(a) Albania
(b) Liberia
(c) Nigeria
(d) Canada
11. George defines assimilationist Negroes as:
(a) Uncle Toms
(b) Upper class
(c) Uneducated
(d) Farm hands
12. She puts on a phonograph record of:
(a) African drumming
(b) American folksongs
(c) Nigerian folk music
(d) Madam Butterfly
13. Under the influence of alcohol, Walter Lee dramatically ridicules what?
(a) His African heritage
(b) His mother's cooking
(c) His wife's figure
(d) His job as a chauffeur
14. Mama asks Walter Lee if he is:
(a) Seeing another woman
(b) Thinking of suicide
(c) Working too hard
(d) Gambling and drinking
15. Ruth tells Walter Lee she is sorry about:
(a) The new baby
(b) His drinking
(c) Her nagging
(d) Mama's decision
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mama warn Walter Lee about?
2. What does Walter Lee say when Ruth says she's considering an abortion?
3. What does Mama call the apartment?
4. What does Ruth call Beneatha's hair style?
5. Walter Lee has been out talking to:
This section contains 407 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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