A Raisin in the Sun

Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs.

• Mama

• Walter

• Beneatha

• Ruth

What is the setting of the story?

• South Side Chicago

• Omaha NE

• Minneapolis MN

• Sioux City Iowa

Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her?

• Her apron was on inside out

• She ran to the bathroom and threw up

• She was crabby and tired looking

• She burned his eggs

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

Who is Beneatha?

• Mama

• Walter and Ruth
  Walter and Ruth daughter

• Travis's sister

• Walter's sister

“... and forgive me for ever wanting to be anything at all ... forgive me, forgive me, forgive me"

• Mama

• Walter

• Beneatha

• Ruth

“Once upon a time freedom used to be life ..."

• Mama

• Walter

• Beneatha

• Ruth

"Baby, don't nothing happen for you in this world 'less you pay somebody off."

• Mama

• Walter

• Beneatha

• Ruth

The stage directions say that the living room in the Younger apartment might be comfortable and well-ordered, but "weariness" has "won in this room". Which physical details of the living room set show these qualities?

• Now the once loved pattern of the couch upholstery has to fight to show itself from under acres of crocheted doilies...

• ....but the carpet has fought back by showing its weariness, with depressing uniformity....

• What happens to a dream deferred?

• ...their primary feature now is that they have clearly had to accommodate the living of too many people for too many years...

Why didn't Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?

• She did not believe in medicine anymore and wanted to have a family.

• She used to think that fixing people's ailments was the best thing to do. She gives up on the human race and calls them "puny, small, and selfish." She sees no human battle worth fighting.

• She wanted to have a traditional family life and have a family in Nigeria.

• She used to think that fixing people's ailments was the best thing to do. She gives up on the human race and calls them "puny, small, and selfish." She thinks getting married and moving to Nigeria is better.