A raisin in the sun answers
68. "I come from five generations of people who was slaves and sharecroppers — but ain't nobody in my family never let nobody pay 'em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn't fit to walk the earth. We ain't never been that poor. We ain't never been that — dead inside" (143).
Lena
70. "He finally come into his manhood today, didn't he? Kinda like a rainbow after rain" (151).
Lena
14. Which two characters get into a heated disagreement about whether God exists?
Lena and beneatha
48. "I bet this time next month ya'll's names will have been in the papers plenty — "NEGROES INVADE CLYBOURNE PARK — BOMBED!" (102).
Mrs. Johnson
21. The character of Joseph Asagai was born and raised in what country?
Nigeria
54. Which of the following characters seems eager to accept Lindner's offer?
None
2. How many windows are there in total across the family's living room, dining room, and kitchen?
One
30. "Something eating you up like a crazy man. Something more than me not giving you this money. The past few years I been watching it happen to you. You get all nervous acting and kind of wild in the eyes" (72).
Lena
39. "It's — it's a nice house too... Three bedrooms — nice big one for you and Ruth. ... Me and Beneatha still have to share our room, but Travis have one of his own" (92).
Lena
49. "It ain't much, but it's all I got in the world and I'm putting it in your hands. I'm telling you to be the head of this family from now on like you supposed to be" (107).
Lena
60. "Is it gone? Son, I gave you sixty-five hundred dollars. Is it gone? All of it? Beneatha's money too?" (129).
Lena
11. Lena "Mama" Younger is expecting to receive an insurance check worth how much money?
10,000
55. Before the Youngers move to Clybourne Park, what present does Travis give to his grandmother?
A gardening hat
35. Toward the end of Act II, Scene 1, what does Lena announce that she has "bought" (91)?
A house
12. What does Lena keep on the windowsill in the kitchen of the Youngers' apartment?
A small plant
13. Which of the following activities has Beneatha taken up at some point in her twenty-year-old life?
All of them
19. "I'm going to be a doctor. I'm not worried about who I'm going to marry yet — if I ever get married" (50).
Beneath
18. "I don't flit! I — I experiment with different forms of expression — [...] People have to express themselves one way or another" (48).
Beneatha
25. Joseph Asagai applies the Yoruba nickname "Alaiyo" to which of the following characters?
Beneatha
27. "Well, do me a favor and don't ask him a whole lot of ignorant questions about Africans. I mean, do they wear clothes and all that —" (57).
Beneatha
32. Which character decides to wear their hair "close-cropped and unstraightened" (80)?
Beneatha
69. "You saw what he just did, Mama! You saw him — down on his knees. Wasn't it you who taught me to despise any man who would do that? Do what he's going to do?" (145).
Beneatha
59. "I'm talking about the fact that when I got to the train station yesterday morning — eight o'clock like we planned ... Man — Willy didn't never show up" (127).
Bobo
20. "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" (53).
Lena
47. "It's simple. You read books — to learn facts — to get grades — to pass the course — to get a degree. That's all — it has nothing to do with thoughts" (97).
George Murchison
53. What kind of offer does Lindner make to the Younger family on behalf of his organization?
He offers to buy the house
43. What kind of music does Walter listen to while sitting and drinking at the Green Hat?
Jazz
28. "Between a man and a woman there need be only one kind of feeling. I have that for you ... Now even ... right this moment" (63).
Joseph
57. "I want you to believe me when I tell you that race prejudice simply doesn't enter into it. It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing, rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities" (118).
Karl Linder
62. After finding a small piece of paper, Walter rushes out and makes "a call" to whom (140)?
Karl Lindner
15. Which of the following characters insists that he or she is still "the head of this family" (51)?
Lena
17. "We was going to set 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" (44-45).
Lena
38. "I'm sorry about this new baby, Walter. I guess maybe I better go on and do what I started" (87).
Ruth
67. "I'll strap my baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America and wash all the sheets in America if I have to — but we got to MOVE! We got to get OUT OF HERE!!" (140).
Ruth
7. "You better get up from there, man! It's after seven thirty I tell you. All right, you just go ahead and lay there and next thing you know Travis be finished and Mr. Johnson be in there and you'll be fussing and cussing round here like a madman!" (25).
Ruth
9. "Man say to his woman: I got me a dream. His woman say: Eat your eggs. Man say: I got to take hold of this here world, baby! And a woman will say: Eat your eggs and go to work" (33).
Ruth
22. What did Ruth Younger learn during her visit to the "doctor"?
That shes prego
51. Where have Ruth and Walter gone on a date and "held hands" (111)?
The movies
36. Why do Ruth and Walter express reservations about the neighborhood of Clybourne Park?
There are no black people
56. Why had Bobo hoped to travel with Willy Harris to the state capital in Springfield, Illinois?
To get a liquor license
24. Which character retrieves the envelope with the $10,000 insurance check from the mailman?
Travis
63. Which character does Lena insist should stay in the room when Walter talks with Lindner?
Travis
8. "Could I maybe go carry some groceries in front of the supermarket for a little while after school then?" (29).
Travis
10. "If you so crazy 'bout messing 'round with sick people — then go be a nurse like other women — or just get married and be quiet" (38).
Walter
29. "WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE LISTEN TO ME TODAY!" (70).
Walter
37. "Your old man is alright, man. I mean he knows how to operate. I mean he thinks big. [...] But I think he's kind of running out of ideas now. I'd like to talk to him. Listen, man, I got some plans that would turn this city upside down. [...] Invest big, gamble big, hell, lose big if you have to, you know what I mean" (84).
Walter
40. "So you butchered up a dream of mine — you — who always talking 'bout your children's dreams" (95).
Walter
50. "Just tell me where you want to go to school and you'll go. Just tell me, what it is you want to be — and you'll be it. ... Whatever you want to be — Yessir! You just name it, son ... and I hand you the world!" (109).
Walter
58. "Never mind how I feel — you got any more to say 'bout how people ought to sit down and talk to each other? ... Get out of my house, man. [...] Get out. [...] Get out" (119).
Walter
23. What kind of animal do Travis and his friends chase in the street?
a rat
3. What kind of breakfast does Ruth Younger make for both Walter and Travis?
a) Scrambled eggs
33. Which of these items of clothing is worn by George Murchison?
all of them
6. What kind of job does Beneatha Younger intend to get after she graduates from college?
b) Doctor
16. What happens to Ruth when she is alone with Mama at the very end of Act I, Scene 1?
b) Ruth slips quietly onto the floor from exhaustion.
4. Which of the following characters gives Travis twice the amount of money he requests for school?
b) Travis's father, Walter Younger
45. When Walter asks his son what he wants to be when he grows up, what is Travis's answer?
c) A bus driver
61. At the beginning of Act III, where does Asagai propose to take Beneatha?
c) Asagai proposes to take Beneatha to Nigeria.
64. What does Walter say that his father did after someone "called him a bad name" (147)?
c) He says his father "almost beat a man to death" (147).
52. Karl Lindner is chairman of the "welcoming committee" for what organization (115)?
c) The Clybourne Park Improvement Association
1. Which adjectives best describe the furnishings and carpet in the Younger family's apartment?
d) "Tired" and "worn" (23)
46. At the end of Act II, Scene 2, what job does Walter fantasize that he will hold in the future?
d) An "executive" at an "office downtown" (108).
65. When speaking with Linder, Walter observes that his son Travis represents which generation of the Younger family in the United States?
d) The sixth generation
44. Lena "Mama" Younger tells Walter to put $3,000 into a savings account to pay for what?
d) To pay for Beneatha's medical schooling.
42. When Ruth answers a telephone call from Mrs. Arnold, what does she learn about Walter?
d) Walter has not gone to work for three days.
41. Mrs. Johnson arrives at the Youngers' apartment with a newspaper that features what news story?
e) A black family was bombed in a Chicago suburb.
5. What kind of job does Walter Younger hold at the beginning of the play?
e) Chauffeur
66. What is the last thing that Lena Younger grabs before leaving the apartment for the last time?
e) Her plant
34. George Murchison compares Walter to which of the following Titans from Greek mythology?
prometheus
26. Why has Ruth given someone a "five-dollar down payment" (75)?
to get an abortion
31. What kind of dance does Beneatha perform while wearing her Nigerian robes?
welcome dance
