Raisin in the Sun Act 3

The act begins with...

• Ruth ironing clothes

• Walter crying in his bedroom

• Asagai arriving at the Younger house to help pack

• Travis chasing a rat

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What story does Beneatha tell Asagai that explains why she wants to be a doctor?

• She saw one of her friends get hurt and a doctor saved his life

• She read a book about a doctor that helped the community

• Her grandfather was a doctor

• She met a man who was rich and he explained that he was a doctor

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Besides asking her to marry him, Asagai...

• Asks Benetha to move in with him

• Asks Benetha's family to move to Africa

• Suggests that Benetha move to Africa with him

• Asks Benetha to go on a date to the movies

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When Asagai asks Beneatha to go with him to Africa, she seems confused, but by the end of the text, she seems to have accepted his proposal. What motivates Beneatha to accept his offer?

• Her physical attraction to Asagai.

• Her desire for a stable and predictable future.

• Her desire for wealth and material gain.

• Her desire to make the world a better place.

• Her overwhelming resentment towards Walter.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Benetha tells Mama that...

• Asagai is moving back to Africa

• That she has decided not to become a doctor

• She is moving to Kenosha

• That Asagai has asked her to marry him

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Walter invites Lindner to the apartment to...

• collect the Welcoming Committee money

• invite him over for dinner

• Talk to him about planning a welcome party on Saturday

• Ask for his help in tracking down Willy Harris

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

When Walter calls Lindner to sign the papers for the sale of the house...

• Walter signs the papers in a closed room

• Ruth refuses to answer the door

• Benetha calls Walter a nut

• Mama insists that Travis stay in the room so that Walter would be forced to show his son how a Younger man really behaves.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

When the family firmly turns down Karl Lindner once and for all, Lindner...

• Tells the family that they don't know what they are getting themselves into

• That there is a welcome party on Saturday

• Threatens the family

• Offers more money for the house

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Before Lindner arrives, Benetha

• is dancing to African tribal music

• goes on a date with George Murchison

• says that Walter is not her brother anymore

• tells Travis to go play outside

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What is Mama referring to, when she tells Walter, "We ain't never been that dead inside?"

• Even if they didn't have money, they had pride, family pride

• Even if they didn't have money, they had jobs

• Even if they didn't have money, they were alive

• All of the these

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3