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True or False
100
This character is happy when Mama tells the family she used some of the insurance money for a house.
Who is Ruth
100
"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
100
This act one word is defined as: the process of a minority group being absorbed int the majority culture.
What is assimilationism
100
Name the five major characters of the play
Who are Mama (Lena) Younger, Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Travis Younger
100
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.
200
This character denies the existence of God.
Who is Beneatha
200
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
200

If someone is referred to be stubborn or is determined or shows determination it is known as;

What is doggedly?

200

The Younger family is a poor family living on the poor side of this city called what?

What is Chicago?

200
When Mama tells Walter she used some of the money for a house Walter accuses her of butchering his dreams.
What is true
300
This character disagrees with the idea of finding one's African heritage.
Who is George Murchinson
300

These characters are involved in the conversation below: (1) "Were you born with it like that?" (2) "No...of course not." (3) "How then?"  (4) "You've mutilated your hair!" (5) 'Where did you get it?" "My sisters wardrobe." 

Who are Asagai and Beneatha?

300

This word means to put off to another time or postpone, and it is also in the title of a famous poem by Langston Hughs. 

What is deferred? 

300

This causes Walter to have a positive outlook on life and changes his mood towards Ruth and Travis.

What is Mama gives him $6,500 dollars and tells him to give $3,000 of it to Beneatha, and use the rest to open a banking account?

300
Mama's plant symbolizes her love of gardening.
What is False. Mama's plant symbolizes her dream of owning a house with a garden. Mama's plant also symbolizes her children and how they have grown up despite their poor living conditions.
400

This character brings ominous news about a black family that was bombed to the Younger household.

Who is Mrs. Johnson

400
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
400

Travis asked Ruth for $0.50, but she didn't want to give it to him. When Walter then gives Travis a dollar, it makes Ruth have this. 

What is agitation?

400
The title of the play comes from a line in a poem written by which famous poet?
Who is Langston Hughes
400
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"
500

This is an author that Mrs. Johnson really seems to like but Mama thinks he's a fool. 

Who is Booker T Washington?

500
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. Lindner?
500

This vocabulary word is how Walter felt when he found out Mama wouldn't give him the money for the liquor store.

What is resignation? 

500

Beneatha is so upset at George because he says this about her becoming a doctor? She states she will do this no matter what anyone says. 

What is unnecessary and foolish?  

500

Ruth is offended and decides to have an abortion due to rude comments by Walter that if she has the baby, she will have to put it on roof because they have no room for it. 

What is false? Beneatha is the one who stated this though she regretted it immediately.