A Raisin in the Sun Test

What is the setting of the story?

• Detroit

• Chicago

• New York City

• St. Louis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

At the beginning of the story Ruth and Walter argue over whether or not they should:

• have another child

• send Beneatha to college

• buy Mama a car

• give Travis 50 cents

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

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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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CCSS.RL.2.6

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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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Who is Beneatha?

• Mama

• Walter and Ruth's daughter

• Travis's sister

• Walter's sister

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

Early on, the story gets more complicated when we find out Ruth is:

• fired from her job

• pregnant

• having an affair

• dying of cancer

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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

• It was insurance money from her husband's death.

• She won the lottery

• She inherited the money from her sister

• She won a contest

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What does Beneatha want to go to college to become?

• nurse

• librarian

• doctor

• business woman

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What was Beneatha's attitude towards God?

• She was very religious.

• She did not believe in God.

• She thought he was an unjust God.

• "God is dead."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Who is Joseph Asagai?

• Beneatha's African friend

• Walter's business partner

• Ruth's doctor

• Beneatha's teacher from Africa

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7