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A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is Walter’s dream to ____________ a lot of money

a)

acquire

b)

antagonist

2.

Mr. Linder is a(n) _____________________ of the play, “A Raisin in the Sun.”

a)

bias

b)

antagonist

3.

Mrs. Johnson ____________ Booker T. Washington, saying “Education has ruined many a good plow hand.”

a)

equivalent

b)

bias

c)

cites

d)

counsel

4.

White folks show their ___________ against black people moving into their neighborhood

a)

weary

b)

equivalent

c)

counsel

d)

bias

5.

White folks bombed Clybourne Park; ___________________, black folks were scared to move there

a)

consequently

b)

pursing

c)

venture

d)

matriarch

6.

Mama tries hard to _____________ all of her children. Sometimes they accept her advice, often they do not.

a)

merely

b)

counsel

c)

pursing

d)

venture

7.

10,000 dollars in 1959 is _______________ to roughly 100,000 dollars today.

a)

weary

b)

intellectual

c)

equivalent

d)

bias

8.

Ruth and the rest of the family are ready to move, because they are all so ____________ of the apartment.

a)

bias

b)

consequently

c)

venture

d)

weary

9.

Ruth and the rest of the family are ready to move, because they are all so ____________ of the apartment.

a)

intellectual

b)

late

c)

matriarch

d)

lucrative

10.

Mama buys the house in part to fulfill her __________ husband’s dream

a)

venture

b)

weary

c)

late

11.

Walter believes with all his heart that the liquor business will be very ________________.

a)

bias

b)

venture

c)

pursing

d)

lucrative

12.

Walter gets mad at his mother when she buys the house. He recognizes that she is the _____________ of the family, and that he doesn’t have control.

a)

mortgage

b)

matriarch

c)

protagonist

d)

merely

13.

When Mama receives the check, she ___________ holds it at first, almost afraid to open it.

a)

cites

b)

acquire

c)

merely

d)

pursuing

14.

Mama uses part of the money to put a down payment on a ______________ for a house in an all white neighborhood.

a)

mortgage

b)

intellectual

c)

matriarch

d)

lucrative

15.

Walter Lee, Mama and Beneatha are all ___________________ in the play “A Raisin in the Sun.”

a)

antagonist

b)

cite

c)

protagonist

d)

consequently

16.

Walter is not happy unless he is _______________ his dream.

a)

pursuing

b)

mortgage

c)

acquire

d)

lucrative

17.

Mama is not willing to invest the insurance money in a business _______________.

a)

merely

b)

mortgage

c)

venture

d)

counsel

18.

In the 1950's, minorities had to deal with _________ in their jobs, education, and housing.

a)

inquiry

b)

cite

c)

segregation

19.

Walter's boss called to _________ about where Walter has been for three days

a)

inquiry

b)

bias

c)

merely

d)

consequently

20.

Chicago is a city that still struggles with racial __________.

a)

integration

b)

segregation

c)

bias

d)

cite