The U.S. city and state where the play takes place
Where is Chicago, Illinois?
100
The business that Walter Lee Younger dreams of opening
What is the liquor store?
100
A character who is about thirty years old, has disappointment hanging in her face, and is soon to be considered "settled"
Who is Ruth Younger?
100
The full amount of the insurance check
What is ten thousand dollars?
100
"Oh—So now it’s life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life—now it’s money. I guess the world really do change . . ." (Act I, scene ii)
Who is Mama?
200
The room where the Younger family eats
Where is the living room?
200
The amount of money Walter gives Travis before school
What is one dollar?
200
A character who has a lean, almost intellectual face and wild, thick hair
Who is Beneatha?
200
The amount of money left over after Mama bought the new house
What is sixty-five hundred dollars?
200
"That’s how come one day when you ‘bout seventeen years old I’ll come home . . . I’ll pull the car up on the driveway . . . just a plain black Chrysler, I think, with white walls—no—black tires . . . " (Act II, scene ii)
Who is Walter?
300
The room that provides "the sole natural light the family may enjoy..." (pg 24)
Where is the kitchen?
300
The cost of the down payment for Ruth's abortion
What is five dollars?
300
A character who wears a tweed sports jacket, soft slacks, and white buckskin shoes
Who is George Murchinson?
300
The amount of money supposedly deposited for Beneatha's education
What is three thousand dollars?
300
"I am sure you people must be aware of some of the incidents which have happened in various parts of the city when colored people have moved into certain areas..." (Act II, scene iii)
Who is Karl Linder?
400
The major world event that had just ended at the beginning of the play
What is World War II?
400
The group Karl Linder is from
What is the Clybourne Park Improvement Association
400
An intrusive, squeaky wide-eyed lady of particular age
Who is Mrs. Johnson?
400
The amount of money Travis was supposed to bring to school
What is fifty cents?
400
"There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing."
Who is Mama?
500
The area of Chicago in which the Younger apartment is located
Where is the Southside?
500
The name of the jazz bar that Walter hangs out in after he skips work
What is the Green Hat?
500
A slight, little man in a business suit with haunted frightened eyes and a hat pulled down to his forehead
Who is Bobo?
500
The time at which the play begins (when Ruth wakes everyone up)
What is seven thirty a.m.?
500
"Honey, you never say nothing new. I listen to you every day, every night and every morning, and you never say nothing new. "