Raisin review
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______________ has friends over until late at
night making everyone in the house cranky
the next day
Identify the symbol
Who said…
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“[God] did give us children to make them
dreams worthwhile”
Identify the symbol
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Shares a bedroom with Beneatha
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From Nigeria
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Mama compares Walter to a
_______________.
Who said…
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“Eat your eggs”
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_______________brings news that
_______________has run off with the money.
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Named after his father
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The family moves into the new
_______________.
Who said…
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“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? I never though
tot see you like this, Alaiyo. You!”
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At the last minute, with his family watching,
Walter realizes he cannot sell his own soul
and tells Lindner that his _____________ has
earned it for them and they will move into the
house
Identify the symbol
Identify the character…
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Buys a house in Clybourne park
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Big Walter & Mama’s baby, __________,
dies.
Identify the symbol
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Travis’ father gives him
_______________cents; then gives him
another _______________cents
Who said…
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“..we feel that most of the trouble in this
world, when you come right down to it—most
of the trouble exists because people don’t sit
down and talk to each other”
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_____________ collapses because she has
overworked herself and is in an unknown
“unstable condition”
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Becomes the head of the family when Mama
give him the remaining $6,500
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_______________does a tribal dance to the
Nigerian records _______________has
brought to her.
Identify the symbol
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Mama and Ruth discuss their dream of having
a _______________
Who said…
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“I wanted to do that…Fix up the sick, you
know—and make them whole again. This was
truly being God…”
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Travis asks for _______________cents from
his mother
Identify the symbol
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Nickames Beneatha “Aliayo” which means
“One for Whom Bread is Not Enough”
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Big _______________, dies
Who said…
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“He finally came into his manhood today,
didn’t he? Kind of like a rainbow after the
rain…”
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Mama slaps _______________for saying she
doesn’t believe in God
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Is pregnant
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_______________comes over to take Bennie
on a date and criticizes her for cutting her
_______________and acting “eccentric”
Who said…
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“Well, what I mean is that we come from
people who had a lot of pride. I mean—we are
very proud people…we don’t want to make
no trouble for nobody or fight no causes—but
we will try to be good neighbors. we don’t
want your money”
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Beneatha and Asagai discuss the loss of the
money, then Asagai asks Bennie to go to
_______________with him.
Identify the character…
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Lost a baby
Who said…
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“But you’ve got to admit that a man, right or
wrong, has the right to want to have the
neighborhood he lives in a certain kind of
way.”
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Mr. _______________comes to call and tries
to buy the house from the family for “their
own good”
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Wants to open a liquor store
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Mama gives Walter the remaining
_______________
Who said…
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“it’s just that I get tired of [God] getting credit
for all the things the human race achieves
through its own stubborn effort. There simply
is no God in heaven—there is only man and it
is he who makes miracles!”
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_______________comes over and gives
Bennie a Nigerian robe
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Proposes marriage to Beneatha
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The check for _______________comes in the
mail
Who said…
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“Good night, Prometheus.”
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Wants to become a doctor
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Ruth announces her _______________to
Bennie and Mama
Who said…
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“You say after me. In my mother’s house
there is still God.”
Identify the character…
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A chauffeur
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Walter lee calls _______________and asks
him to come over because he intends to take
him up on his previous offer.
Who said…
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“No—he [Travis] don’t half try at all ‘cause
he knows you going to come along behind
him and fix everything. That’s just how come
he don’t know how to do nothing right now—
you done spoiled that boy so.”
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Bennie, Ruth and Walter give Mama
_______________tools, while Travis gives
her a _______________.
Identify the character…
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Crusader against assimilationism in the
Younger family
Who Said…
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“It’s simple. You read books—to learn facts—
to get grades—to pass the course—to get a
degree. That’s all—it has nothing to do with
thought.”
Identify the character…
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Upper-middle-class (rich) snobbish African
American
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Walter Lee walks out on his wife and does not
say anything when she announces her
___________ plans.
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_______________tries to talk business with
George, but makes a fool of himself. George
calls him _______________on his way out
the door.
Who said…
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“No. Between a man and a woman there need
be only one kind of feeling. I have that for
you…Now even…right this moment.”
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Mama comes home and announces she has
spent money on a new house in
_______________Park
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Matriarch of the Younger Family
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Ruth makes it known that she’s put a $5.00
down payment on an _______________
Identify the character…
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Views guided by strong religious beliefs
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Walter Lee comes home _______________&
joins Bennie in a tribal dance
Identify the character
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An atheist
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From the Clybourne Park “welcoming
committee”
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Calls Walter “Prometheus”
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Has a drinking problem
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Sleeps in the living room
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Compares Lindner to Judas
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Offers to buy the Youngers’ house for more
than they paid for it
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Has a symbolic plant
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Gives Mama a hat
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Receives gardening tools from her children
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Loses the money by making a bad
“investment”