A Raisin in the Sun Quiz

Lena “Mama” Younger is expecting to receive an insurance check worth how much money?

• $1,000

• $5,000

• $10,000

• $50,000

• $100,000

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does Lena keep on the windowsill in the kitchen of the Youngers’ apartment?

• A photo of her husband, Big Walter

• A photo of her children, Walter and Beneatha

• A photo of the entire Younger family

• A small plant

• A lamp

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which of the following activities has Beneatha taken up at some point in her twenty-year-old life?

• Guitar lessons

• Horseback riding

• Acting

• Photography

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which two characters get into a heated disagreement about whether God exists?

• Lena and Walter

• Lena and Ruth

• Lena and Beneatha

• Walter and Ruth

• Walter and Beneatha

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following characters insists that he or she is still “the head of this family”?

• Lena

• Walter

• Ruth

• Beneatha

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What happens to Ruth when she is alone with Mama at the very end of Act I, Scene 1?

• Ruth joins Lena in singing “No Ways Tired.”

• Ruth slips quietly onto the floor from exhaustion.

• Ruth asks Lena to loan some money to Walter.

• Ruth asks Lena to be more respectful of Walter.

• Ruth finds an advertisement for a new job.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Match the quote to the charcter:“We was going to get away, little by little, don’t you know, and buy a little place out in Morgan Park. We had even picked out the house. Looks right dumpy today. But Lord, child, you should know all the dreams I had ’bout buying that house and fixing it up and making me a little garden in the back.”

• Lena “Mama” Younger

• Walter

• Ruth

• Beneatha

• Travis

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the quote to the character: “I don’t fit! I — I experiment with different forms of expression — […] People have to express themselves one way or another.”

• Lena “Mama” Younger

• Walter

• Ruth

• Beneatha

• Travis

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the quote to the character: “I’m going to be a doctor. I’m not worried about who I’m going to marry yet — if I ever get married.”

• Lena “Mama” Younger

• Walter

• Ruth

• Beneatha

• Travis

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the quote to the character: “Well, I always wanted me a garden like I used to see sometimes at the back of the houses down home. This plant is the close as I ever got to having one.”

• Lena “Mama” Younger

• Walter

• Ruth

• Beneatha

• Travis

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3