A Raisin in the Sun 1
This character is the youngest member of the Younger family.
Travis
A Raisin in the Sun was named after a poem by this author.
Langston Hughes
This woman is the playwright of A Raisin in the Sun.
Lorraine Hansberry is the playwright of A Raisin in the Sun.
What is the name of Travis Younger's mother?
Ruth or Ruth Younger
The insurance check the family is waiting for will give them $_________.
$10,000 (ten thousand dollars)
Which two countries share the longest international border?
Canada and the USA
What does Travis play with outside?
A rat
According to Walter, what is the most important thing in life?
Money is life.
Where does Travis sleep?
He sleeps on the living room couch.
A Raisin in the Sun was the first play produced on Broadway by a _________ ___________.
Black/African American woman
What is the most common letter in the English alphabet?
E
Who is Asagai?
Beneatha's friend
Who is Mama's husband?
Big Walter
What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
strawberry
Beneatha claims that she is trying to express herself by recently teaching herself to do what?
play guitar
Beneatha's dream is to become a _______.
Who is George Murchison?
George is a man who Beneatha is dating.
The first thing Mama picks up when she walks into the room. Mama compares this item to the spirit of her children.
a plant
What blood type qualifies as a universal donor?
O negative
Why does Mama oppose the liquor store investment?
It conflicts with her moral/religious values.
What does Mama want to do with the money? (two things--must name both)
Put some away for Beneatha's schooling and the rest as a down payment on a home.
What decade does the Raisin in the Sun take place?
1950s
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
Marie Curie
Currently, what is Walter's job?
Walter is a chauffeur.
How much money did Travis need for school?
50 cents
What about her appearance does Asagai want Beneatha to change?
Asagai wants her to change her hair.
How much money did Ruth pay the doctor as down payment to terminate her pregnancy?
$5.00
What is Mama's real first and last name?
Mama's name is Lena Younger.
How many bones in the human body?
206
Instructions written in italics that tell the actors where to move on stage, how to act, and what the scene should look like.
*We do not read them out loud when the play is actually performed.*
stage directions
What year was the very first model of the iPhone released?
2007
What is the reason Ruth faints at the end of Scene 1?
She is pregnant.
What is Beneatha searching for in her life right now?
She is searching for her identity.
Which character said this,"It is dangerous when a man goes outside to look for peace."
Mama
DNA stands for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid