Name_________________________________
Teacher: Mrs. Hercule/Ms. Mikel
Course: Multicultural Literature, Period: _______
Dates: October 19-26, 2015
Multicultural Literature: “A Raisin in the Sun”
HW: Act 2, Scene 1 & 2 (pages 76-109)
DIRECTIONS: As you read Act 2, Scene 1 & 2 (pages 76-109), complete the tasks in the front of your
MCLit notebook. **Include the date, act, and scene to more effectively organize your notebook!
Homework Due Wednesday, October 21
PAGES 76-86
End of Act 1 Review:
1. Why did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his father’s memory? (End of Act 1)
Plot Comprehension: Answer the following in your notebook in complete sentences.
**Include a direct quote for EACH answer**
2. What was Beneatha’s family doing when George walked in? Include
3. What are assimiliationist Negroes? Include evidence.
4. How does Walter react to George? Why does the react this way? Describe the cause of
the tension between them. Include evidence.
RESEARCH: Stretch Question (for a merit)
** Who is Prometheus? Why would George use this reference to describe Walter?
Homework Due Thursday, October 22
PAGES 87-95
Characters: Ruth and Walter
Locate each quote within the assigned reading. Discuss who said it, and what motivated the
character to say this.
1. “I been out talking with people who understand me.”
2. “Honey, why can’t you stop fighting me?”
3. “I guess between two people there ain’t never as much understood as folks generally
thinks there is.”
Plot Comprehension: Answer in complete sentences. **Include a direct quote for each**
4. What did Mama do with her money? Include evidence.
5. What was Walter’s reaction to Mama’s purchase? What motivates Walter’s reaction?
6. What was Ruth’s reaction to the purchase? What motivates Ruth’s reaction?
Stretch Question (for a merit) ~ Connection to “Mother to Son”
In 3-5 sentences, how does Mama’s decision connect to “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes?
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DIRECTIONS: As you read Act 2, Scene 2 (pages 96-109), complete the tasks below. **Note that all
items should be included in the front of your MCLit notebook. **Include the date, act, and scene that
each response correlates to in addition to the response itself.
Plot Comprehension:
1. What qualities do readers in George Murchison at the beginning of the scene that
Beneatha might not like?
2. In what ways does Beneatha consider George foolish?
3. Is Mrs. Johnson more effectively described as honest or hypocritical? What later actions
or words of hers either confirm or deny her honesty?
Homework Due Monday, October 26, 2015
PAGES 96-109
4. Why do Mama and Ruth roll their eyes before offering Mrs. Johnson the coffee? What
are they reacting to?
5. What dishonesty is revealed on page 105?
6. “I have helped do it to you…” (106). Who says this and what motivates this assumption?
7. What information does Walter share with Travis on pages 108 and 109? What motivates
this conversation?
Character Relationship: Answer the following in your notebook in complete sentences.
**Include a direct quote for each**
8. Based on the information revealed in Walter and Mama’s monologues on pages 106 and
107, how can their relationship now be described? How does this compare to the end of
Act I? Include evidence.
9. Based on the interaction between Walter and Travis in this scene, how can their
relationship be described?
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