A Raisin in the Sun Act 3 Test

What does Mama mean when she tells Walter Lee, "I come from five generations of people who were slaves and sharecroppers...We've never been that poor."

• They have more money than her ancestors because of the insurance check.
• Walter Lee should leave and never come back.
• Walter Lee has no pride if he takes the money from Lindner.
• She is glad the check from Mr. Lindner will make them rich

Ruth tells Mama she would "scrub all the floors in America" if she had to. Why?

• She feels that she cannot stay any longer in their tiny apartment.
• She likes being a maid and ironing clothes.
• She is looking for a new job.
• She doesn't want Walter Lee to feel bad.

Mama's plant symbolizes her anger.

• True
• False

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

• She thinks it is useless to heal people, when so many people remain the same on the inside -- greedy and selfish, like Willy Harris..
• She decided to go to Africa instead.
• She doesn't want to have to treat the White oppressors.
• She's tired of school and intellectual ideas that bore other people in her life.

What fault does Mama find with herself?

• She's been dependent on Walter too long.
• She's been too critical of Walter for a long time.
• She "aimed too high."
• She lost her faith in God.

Who is described at the end of the play as being "a rainbow after the rain?"

• Walter
• Mama
• Ruth
• Travis

Asagai says that Beneatha is grateful to her brother because:

• He makes her look good by ruining things for the family
• Now she can stay in the neighborhood she grew up in
• She'll be able to leave her family without worrying about them
• His failure allows her to give up on the human race

What does Mama say when Karl Lindner appeals to her?

• That her son has made the decision
• She agrees to take his money
• She asks him for more money
• That she is determined to move

Who does Mama scold for looking down on Walter?

• Walter
• Ruth
• Travis
• Beneatha

From what poem does the title of the play come?

• Langston Hughes' "Harlem"
• Langston Hughes' "I, Too"
• Langston Hughes' "Mother to Son"
• Notorious BIG, "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems"