Vocabulary
Character Quotes
Act 1 Events
Act 2 Events
Act 3 Events
100

undistingushed

lacking distinction; unexceptional.


100

Who said "WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE LISTEN TO ME TODAY!"

Walter

100

Why is Walter upset?

He doesn't want to eat eggs

100

Who gave Beneatha the Nigerian clothes?

Asagai

100

Why does Beneatha question her choice of becoming a doctor?

She feels like she can't help people.

200

futile

incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.


200

Who said "Yes'm... ten-thousand dollars. Gaalee, Grandmama, you rich."

Travis

200

What does Walter try to get from his mother?

The check from his father's death

200

What is Mama's news?

She put a down payment on a house.

200

Who does Walter imitate?

A black servant

300

coquettishly

behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful sexual attraction; flirtatious.


300

Who said "OCOMOGOSIAY, FLAMING SPEAR!"

Beneatha

300

What does Walter plan to do with the money?

Invest in a bar

300

What happened to Beneatha's hair?

She cut it off.

300

What does Mama tell Walter at the end?

That he is finally a man

400

mutilated

inflict serious damage on.


400

Who said "You know something? I like it. It's sharp. I mean, it really is."

George

400

What happened to Ruth at the end of the Act?

She passes our from exhaustion

400

Where had Walter been that day?

The bar.

400

Who does Beneatha choose?

Asagai

500

plunder

steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder.


500

Who said "Smart aleck."

Mama

500

What does Ruth find out?

She is pregnant

500

What does Ruth and Walter talk about near the end?

Their marriage.

500

What is Mama's dream?

To move