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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is acting as head of the Younger family?
(a) Walter Lee
(b) Mama
(c) Travis
(d) Ruth

2. The new neighborhood is:
(a) Mostly Negro
(b) All-white
(c) Mostly white
(d) Mixed race

3. Mama's real name is:
(a) Mabel
(b) Lena
(c) Lora
(d) Rose

4. What does Mama warn Walter Lee about?
(a) That he's going to lose his job
(b) That he's getting too greedy
(c) That Ruth might leave him
(d) That his work is too dangerous

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed when Beneatha takes off her headdress?

2. What gift does Beneatha's visitor bring?

3. What country is Beneatha's visitor originally from?

4. Ruth is joyful. She shouts goodbye to:

5. What does Ruth announce to Mama and Beneatha?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beneatha differ from the other members of her family?

2. Why does Beneatha have to wait to use the bathroom when she wakes up?

3. Mama already has plans for the insurance money. What are they?

4. What does Walter Lee taunt George about as they wait for Beneatha?

5. What does Ruth urge Mama to do with the insurance money for Big Walter's death?

6. How does Mama react when her neighbor, Mrs. Johnson, refuses to lend her some cleanser?

7. Why do Ruth and Walter Lee react so strongly to the idea of moving to Clybourne Park?

8. Why do you think Ruth fainted at the end of the scene?

9. Why did Mama decide to buy a new house for the family?

10. Ruth scolds Walter Lee for keeping Travis up the night before. How did Walter Lee do that?

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