Vocab
furtively
taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret
"We have decided to move into our house because my father—my father—he earned it for us brick by brick. We don’t want to make no trouble for nobody or fight no causes, and we will try to be good neighbors. And that’s all we got to say about that. We don’t want your money. "
Who is Walter?
What does Walter freak out about when he's talking to Ruth about investing in the Liquor Store?
What does Mama buy for the family?
What is a house?
What is the light in the house like?
What is gray?
Coquettishly
characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
"There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing. "
Who is Mama?
Who is George Murchison?
What was still left in Walter and Ruth's marriage.
What is love?
What does Asagai ask Benny?
haphazardly
at random
" Then isn’t there something wrong in a house—in a world—where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the death of a man? "
Who is Asagai?
Who smacked Benny?
Whomst be Mama?
What does George call Walter?
Who is Prometheus.
Who starts fighting for equal rights after meeting Asagai?
Who is Benny?
rebuffs
a blunt or abrupt rejection
"You wouldn’t understand yet, son, but your daddy’s gonna make a transaction . . . a business transaction that’s going to change our lives. . . . "
Who is Walter
What did Benny say about Mrs. Murchison to Mama?
What is a scene?
What had Benny done to her hair that shocked everyone?
What is an Afro?
Who does Walter stand up to?
Who is Mr. Walter?
Epitaph
a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
"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 . . ."
Who is Mama?
Who does Walter give 50 cents to in act I scene i to spite Ruth?
Who is Travis?
What does Walter call himself when acting out tribal dances with Benny?
Who is "Flaming Spear"?
What were the papers Mr. Walter asked them to sign about?
What are contracts not to move in for money?