Raisin in the Sun

What is Mama’s motive for buying a house in the all-white community of Clybourne Park?

• She wants to obtain the best home for the least amount of money.
• She wants to integrate the neighborhood.
• She wants to prove she is the head of the family.
• She wants to prove that she is not an old-fashioned black woman.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

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.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Where does A Raisin in the Sun get its name from?

• a poem by Countee Cullen

• a poem by Langston Hughes

• an elegy by John Donne

• a song by Duke Ellington

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

How does Ruth react when she realizes Mama may use some of the money for a house?

• She is extremely excited.
• She is disappointed.
• She doesn't have an opinion.
• She is angry.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How could you describe Ruth and Walter’s relationship at the beginning of the play?

• lighthearted and full of love 
• tense; they’re easily frustrated by each other
• full of pity for one another   
• easy going; they joke with each other

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

When a character's attitude changes is considered what type of a character?

• flat/static

• dynamic/round

• antagonist

• Villain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Stole the money and ran

• Bobo
• Walter
• Willy
• Mrs. Johnson

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The setting of the play is the 1950s, what city is it located?

• Harlem
• Los Angeles
• Chicago
• Boston

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis money?

• She was saving for college
• Travis was too young to get money
• She was mad at Walter
• They didn't have the money to spare

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Beneatha say/do that causes Mama to slap her?

• She yells at Mama.
• She says there is no God.
• She refuses to give Mama an answer.
• She slams her bedroom door.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1