"A Raisin in the Sun" 1961 Film

What is the setting of the story?

• New York City, 1970

• Chicago, 1961

• Baltimore, 1967

• St. Louis, 1981

What is the genre of the story?

• Fiction

• Fantasy

• Documentary

• Realistic Fiction

What does Walter Lee's (Sidney Poitier) character do for a living?

• He works on a farm

• He's a cook

• He's a chauffeur

• He is unemployed

How much is the check that the Younger family is waiting on?

• $100,000

• $10,000

• $50,000

• $90,000

How did Lorainne Hansberry come up with the title of her play?

• She likes raisins

• She got it from a poem

• She just made it up

• The title came to her in a dream.

Beneatha (sister) is studying to be a_______________.

• a nurse

• a lawyer

• a doctor

• a servant

Beneatha's male friend gives her______________as a gift.

• a plant

• a native costume and records from Nigeria

• a ring and tickets to a show

• a pony and saddle

What happens to the money Lena (Mama) gives Walter Lee?

• He loses it in the street.

• He puts it in the bank.

• He gambles it away.

• Willy takes it and skips town.

Why does Ruth not feel well?

• She is pregnant.

• She has been working too much.

• She has a virus.

• She is faking so she doesn't have to work.

The family loses the house because the money is gone.

• True

• False