"A Raisin in the Sun" Test

1. Who are Willy and Bobo?     

• Walter's future business partners
• Two clowns at the zoo
• Travis's friends
• Travis's pets

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2. Walter said, "Damn my eggs . . . damn all the eggs that ever was!" Why?

• Walter was tired of Ruth's being sick all the time.
• Walter was mad because Ruth had burned his breakfast.
• Walter is tired of eating eggs.
• Walter wants to dream of a better life and Ruth keeps pushing reality back at him.

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3. Who is Beneatha?

• Mama
• Walter and Ruth's daughter
• Travis's sister
• Walter's sister

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4. Why was Mama getting a check for $10,000?

• It was insurance money from her husband's life insurance.
• She had won the lottery.
• She had won a contest.
• The bank was sending her a check for the amount in her account. Since she was old, she thought it was time to spend her money.

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5. Why did Beneatha say she wouldn't marry George?

• He was too shallow. 
• He was already married. 
• She loved Asagai instead. 
• She wanted to focus on being a doctor. 

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6. What was Beneatha's attitude towards God?

• a. She was very religious.
• b. She did not believe in God.
• c. She thought he was an unjust God.
• d. "God is dead."

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7. Who is Joseph Asagai?

• a. Beneatha's African friend
• b. Walter's business partner
• c. Ruth's doctor
• d. Beneatha's teacher from Africa

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8. Why is Asagai's nickname for Beneatha appropriate?

• a. It means "Doctor of the Future."
• b. It means "Hopeful Beauty."
• c. It means "One More Chance."
• d. It means "One for Whom Bread - food - Is Not Enough."

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9. Why did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his father's memory?

• a. He had turned his back on God and had become an alcoholic.
• b. He beat his wife and disgraced his mother.
• c. He had become too concerned with money and had lost traditional family values.
• d. He was too eager to spend the money Mama would receive from his father's insurance policy.

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10. What are "assimilationist Negroes"?

• a. Negroes who do not believe in God
• b. Negroes who have left Africa to go to American and become educated
• c. Negroes who still live a tribal life in Nigeria
• d. Negroes who give up their cultural heritage and take on the culture of a more dominant society

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