Characters!
Grab Bag!
Plot!
Geography
Figurative Language!
Who Said It?!
200
What is the last name of the family in A Raisin in the Sun?
Younger
200
Who wrote A Raisin in the Sun?
Lorraine Hansberry
200
Mama's dream is to own a house that has a _______?
a garden
200
Name and spell a state that begins with the letter A
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas
200
Walter: "Bitter? Man, I'm a volcano!"
metaphor
200
"You wear it well...very well...mutilated hair and all."
Asagai
400
What is Mama's first name?
Lena
400
What holy month of Islam is about to begin on Monday?
BONUS: What does this holy month celebrate?
Ramadan
Ramadan commemorates the first revelation of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
400
What gifts does Asagai give Beneatha?
Nigerian clothes, headdress and records
400
Name one province in Canada
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador
400
Beneatha: "I don't care if she wants to buy a rocket ship..."
hyperbole
400
"If you so crazy 'bout messing 'round with sick people--then go be a nurse like other women--or just get married and be quiet..."
Walter
600
Name THREE activities/hobbies Beneatha has tried
Guitar, photography, acting, horseback riding
600
What is the best selling hot sauce in the U.S.?
600
How much money is the check the family receives worth?
$10,000
600
What is the capital of Florida?
Tallahassee
600
"The sole natural light the family may enjoy in the course of a day is only that which fights its way through this little window."
personification
600
"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."
Mama
800
What are the names of Walter's two friends that he wants to invest in the liquor store with?
Willie and Bobo
800
How many steps are there in the BACK stairwell?
56
800
What makes Mama first suspect Ruth is thinking of getting an abortion?
Ruth refers to the doctor she saw as "she"
800
How many countries are there in the continent of Asia?
50 (including Palestine)
800
Ruth: "'Bout to march out of here with that head looking just like chickens slept in it!"
simile
800
"Well, Lord knows, we've put enough rent into this here rat trap to pay for four houses by now"
Ruth
1000
Asagai is from the country of Nigeria. What is his tribal heritage?
Yoruba
1000
Name one hockey player
wow so many
1000
What is one example/source of generational conflict in the play?
hmmm, let's see where this goes
1000
What 4 countries make up the United Kingdom?
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
1000
George: "Good night, PROMETHEUS!"
allusion
1000
"Seem like God didn't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams--but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while."
Big Walter