Raisin Act I

Which trait word best describes Mama

• Strong

• Serious

• Nervous

• Shy

Who is George Murchison?

• Ruth's husband

• Beneatha's brother

• Walter's friend

• Beneatha's boyfriend

What is FALSE about the setting?

• It happens during the Great Depression

• It happens between WWII and 1959

• It takes place in an apartment

• It happens on the Southside of Chicago

Why does Mama slap Beneatha?

• She cheated on her boyfriend

• She cursed at Travis

• She said she doesn't believe in God

• She threatened to quit school

What is Walter's dream?

• to have more children

• to own a liquor store

• to be a doctor

• to buy a house

What is TRUE about Ruth?

• She doesn't care about Travis or Walter

• She wants a divorce

• She feels hopeless and tired

• She dreams of going to college

Walter and Beneatha have problems because...

• He wants to be a doctor

• Mama has been giving Beneatha money for college tuition

• Beneatha has been lying to Travis

• Beneatha is jealous that Walter is Mama's favorite

What happens at the end of Scene I?

• Ruth faints

• Walter leaves

• Beneatha faints

• Mama leaves

The quote "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun?" contains...

• a simile

• parallel structure

• anaphora (repetition)

• logos

Who says, "That's just what is wrong with the colored women of this world... Don't understand nothing about building their men up and making them feel like they somebody. Like they can do something."

• George

• Mama

• Walter

• Ruth