A Raisin in the Sun · Lorraine Hansberry

Act 1 Quiz

Friday and Saturday in the Youngers' crowded South Side apartment, as the family waits for a $10,000 insurance check and argues over what it should buy.

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Q1 of 10
Where does the play take place?
Q2 of 10
What is the family waiting for at the start of the play?
Q3 of 10
What does Walter Lee want to do with the money?
Q4 of 10
Travis asks for fifty cents for school, and Ruth says no. What does Walter do?
Q5 of 10
What does Beneatha plan to become?
Q6 of 10
What does Mama keep on the windowsill, and care for every day?
Q7 of 10
What does Mama do when Beneatha says there is no God?
Q8 of 10
Why does Ruth faint at the end of the first scene?
Q9 of 10
What name does Joseph Asagai give Beneatha?
Q10 of 10
After Mama tells Walter about Ruth and the baby, what does she expect from him?