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This character is happy when Mama tells the family she used some of the insurance money for a house.
Who is Ruth?
"I was lookin' in the mirror and thinking about it...I'm thirty-five years old, I been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room--and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live"
Who is Walter?
Why does Walter get upset with Ruth at the beginning of the play?
She doesn't support his dreams?
Name the five major characters of the play.
Who are Walter, Ruth, Mama, Beneatha and Travis.
Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to wish them good luck.
What is false. Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to scare them about recent bombings against black families in local neighborhoods.
This character denies the existence of God.
Who is Beneatha?
Which character said the following quote: "No--there's something come down between me and them that don't let us understand each other and I don't know what it is. One done almost lost his mind thinking 'bout money all the time..."
Who is Mama?
What happens at the end of Act 2?
Walter and the family find out the money is gone.
What is the setting of the play?
Where is the Southside of Chicago.
When Mama tells Walter she used some of the money for a house Walter accuses her of butchering his dreams.
What is true.
This character disagrees with the idea of finding one's African heritage.
Who is George?
These characters are involved in the conversation below: (1) "Were you born with it like that?" (2) "No...of course not." (1) "How then?"
Who are Asagai and Beneatha?
Why does Mr. Lindner visit the Youngers?
To convince them to sell the house back and not move to Clybourne Park.
The title of the play comes from a line in a poem written by which famous poet?
Who is Langston Hughes?
Mama's plant symbolizes her love of gardening.
What is False. Mama's plant symbolizes her dream of owning a house with a garden.
This character brings ominous news to the Younger household.
Who is Mrs. Johnson?
This character says the following quote: "I guess maybe I better go on and do what I started...I guess I just didn't realize how bad things was with us..."
Who is Ruth?
What does Asagai suggest that Beneatha does in Act 3?
Come back to Africa with him.
The process of a minority group being absorbed into the majority culture.
What is assimilation?
Alaiyo, Asagai's nickname for Beneatha, means "One for whom books are not enough"
What is false. Alaiyo means "One for whom bread is not enough"
This character is only able to make a responsible decision after she/he loses everything.
Who is Walter?
This character said the following quote: "And at the moment the overwhelming majority of our people out there feel that people get along better, take more of a common interest in the life of the community, when they share a common background."
Who is Mr. Linder?
How does the play end?
The family moves to the new home
Beneatha is so upset that Walter gave away her portion of the money that she contemplates making this life decision.
What is becoming a doctor?
The Youngers decide to take Lindner up on his offer and use the money to buy a house in a different neighborhood.
What is false. The Younger family rebuffs Lindner's offer and move into Clybourne Park anyway.