Family Dynamics
This is what has happened to Lena's husband.
What is that he died, presumably from overworking?
How much money does Travis ask for from Ruth?
What is fifty cents?
This household appliance best serves as a symbol for Ruth.
What is an iron?
This is the career to which Beneatha aspires.
What is a doctor?
Walter wants to do this with the money from the check.
What is invest in a liquor store?
Mama says, "I ain't meddling...Put a lot of butter on it?" Ruth's response shows that she feels Lena is doing this.
What is criticizing her parenting style or skills?
Ruth tells Lena she should do this with the money from the check.
What is go on a trip to "Europe or South America or somewhere"?
This household decorative item is associated with Mama (Lena Younger).
What is a potted plant?
This is the kind of building Mama wants as a new home.
What is a two-story house with a yard?
This is the illness that Mama says Ruth should use as her excuse for calling in sick to her employer.
What is the flu?
Mama says, "They spirited all right, my children. Got to admit they got spirit." These are the two children about whom she is talking.
Who are Beneatha and Walter?
This is what Walter asks for from Ruth before he leaves.
What is fifty cents?
This person folds up the sheets and blankets from Travis's "bed" after he leaves for school.
Who is Mama "Lena Younger"?
This is one of Beneatha's current or former hobbies that is directly named in Act One, for which Ruth criticizes her for "flitting."
What is Guitar OR Play-acting OR horseback-riding?
This is what Mama says is the cause of Big Walter's death.
What is "working hisself to death"?
This is the reason Walter is so critical of Beneatha's ambition to be a doctor.
What is because he is concerned about how much it will cost OR because he does not think a woman should try to be a doctor?
50 cents in 1961 is most likely equivalent to this amount now:
A. Still 50 cents
B. The cost of a school lunch
C. The cost of a ticket to Universal Studios
D. The cost of a new car
What is B. The cost of a school lunch?
This person says, "We've put enough rent into this here rat-trap to pay for four houses by now."
Who is Ruth?
Ruth uses this financial term/word to describe what she sees as Walter's dishonest plan to make money.
What is graft?
This late-night event angers Ruth because it potentially disrupts Travis's ability to sleep.
What is Walter and his friends?
This is one possible reason hinted at by Lena that might explain why there is such a large age gap between Walter Lee and Beneatha?
What is Lena's loss of her infant son Claude?
$10,000 in 1961 is most likely equivalent to this amount now:
A. Still $10,000 now
B. The cost of an international plane ticket
C. The cost of in-state college tuition for four years
D. The cost of a fully loaded Tesla Cybertruck
What is the cost of a fully loaded Tesla Cybertruck?
"Down home" is a phrase that implies this about Mama's past.
What is that Mama used to live in the South OR that Mama was part of the Great Migration from the South to the north OR that Mama used to have family who lived in the South?
Ruth says, "So you would rather be Mr. Arnold than be his chauffeur. So, I would rather be living in _____________." Fill in the blank with the place name.
What is Buckingham Palace?
Considering the events so far, this is the most likely reason that Ruth faints at the end of Act I, Scene 1.
What is exhaustion?