A Raisin in the Sun: Act 2, Scene 1

As the scene opens, what is Beneatha doing in the living room?

• Reading
• Dancing
• Eating
• Crying

Walter begins screaming and joins Beneatha in the living room.  The stage directions tell us he has been ________________________.

• sleeping
• working
• drinking

True or false:  George likes Beneatha's new haircut.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the mood felt between George and Walter?

• Tension/dislike

• Lightheartedness/fun

• Joy

• Sorrow

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who says the following quote:  "I know ain't nothing in this world as busy as you colored college boys with your fraternity pins and white shoes..." (84).

• Ruth
• George
• Joseph
• Walter

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who is George talking about when he says, "You're all wacked up with bitterness, man" (85)?

• Ruth
• Joseph
• Walter
• Himself

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who says the following quote?  "I been out talking with people who understand me.  People who care about the things I got on my mind" (87). 

• Mama
• Walter
• Ruth
• Beneatha

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Who says the following quote?  "I guess maybe I better go on and do what I started...I guess I just didn't realize how bad things was with us" (87).

• Mama
• Walter
• Ruth
• Beneatha

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who says the following quote?  "I went downtown to tend to some business that I had to tend to" (90).

• Ruth
• Mama
• Walter
• Beneatha

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What did Mama do with the insurance money in this scene?

• Bought a house
• Put it in savings
• Bought Walter's liquor store
• Gave it to charity

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3