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The setting of this play is | Chicago |
The Younger apartment consists of three rooms. Where does Travis sleep? | in the living room |
Ruth insists that Walter quit thinking about his dreams because she believes... | it is an unrealistic dream |
Beneatha tells Walter that she... | dissected something in biology that looked like him |
Mama interferes in Ruth's life in all of the following ways except... | telling Ruth what to wear |
Mama's check is from... | an insurance policy |
Mama thinks the best way to use her money is to | pay for Bennie's medical school and buy a house |
Walter wants to use Mama's money to buy a liquor store because he... | dreams of being a successful business man |
When Ruth learns she is pregnant, she is... | depressed |
What does Asagai's nickname 'Alaiyo' for Beneatha mean? | one for whom bread is not enough |
When Mama first gets the check, she instructs Ruth to put it away because... | it reminds her of the loss fo her husband |
Mama reminds Walter than during her past Black people worried about... | living in freedom |
Someone who gives up his or her own culture to fit in with the dominant culture is... | an assimilationist |
Walter joins Beneatha in an African tribal dance because he... | gets caught up in the spirit of it |
Mama says she bought the house in an all-white neighborhood because... | it was the nicest she could find for the price |
Ruth reacts to Mama's news about buying the house with... | joy |
When Walter learns that Mama bought a house, he accuses her of... | butchering his dream |
Walter lays out of work for the next three days because he... | has fallen into a deep depression |
Mama gives Walter 6,500 to... | prove she trusts him |
After Walter gets Mama's money, he celebrates by... | taking Ruth to a movie |
Karl Lindner is... | chairman of Clybourne Park Improvement Assoc. |
After hearing Linder's offer, Walter tells him to... | get out of his house |
Ruth, Walter, and Beneatha give Mama a gift of... | gardening tools |
Bobo arrives with news that Willy Harris has... | run off with the money |
Asagai thinks the loss of the money is a small defeat because he believes... | life will go on and the future will be better |
Walter has a plan to solve the family's money problems by... | selling the house to Lindner |
When Linder returns, Walter tells him they have decided to.. | move to the new house because his father earned it |
At the end of the play, Mama and Ruth agree that... | Walter has finally come into his manhood |
The title of the play is taken from a... | poem by Langston Hughes |
The character in this play whose attitude changes the most is... Walter | Walter |