'A Raisin in the Sun' STAAR Practice

Walter laughs when Travis says he wants to be a bus driver because Walter -

• suggested the idea

• approves of the idea

• is amused by the idea

• is surprised by the idea

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In lines 30-31, Walter refers to "secretaries getting things wrong the way they do" in order to -

• make a joke about the incompetence of other people

• pretend he knows more about being an executive than he really does

• distract Travis from worrying about what he wants to be when he grows up

• make the life of a wealthy executive sound really difficult and unpleasant

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

As Walter describes his imaginary future, he pulls away from his son because he -

• is talking to himself rather than to his son

• is looking for his wife so he can tell her his plans

• knows it is time to take care of his business transaction

• is tired from holding his ten-year-old son

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read lines 37-40 from Walter's monologue.

And I'll come up the steps to the house and the gardener will be clipping away at the hedges and he'll say, "Good evening, Mr. Younger." And I'll say, "Hello, Jefferson, how are you this evening?"

Walter imagines greeting the gardener as "Jefferson" rather than "Mr. Jefferson" because in his dreams -

• he and Jefferson are close friends

• he is in a higher social class than Jefferson

• he does not know Jefferson's first name

• "Jefferson" is the gardener's first name

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

As the excerpt ends, the author communicates Walter's high hopes for his son by having Walter -

• send his son to college

• order college catalogues

• reveal the details of his plan

• lift his son above his head

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the final stage directions in line 52, the word hysterical means -

• uncontrolled

• energetic

• panicky

• weeping

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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