Directions: Answer all questions in complete sentences using details and examples from the novel.
Print or write legibly in pen.
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorrainne Hansberry
Guided Reading Questions
Name ____________________ Score _______/100_ Due ___________
Act I Scene 1
1. What is the setting of the play?
2. Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her?
3. Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis the money?
4. Who are Willy and Bobo?
5. Walter said, “Damn my eggs…damn all the eggs that ever was!” Why?
6. What does the quotation below from Act I reveal about Walter’s character?
WALTER: “This morning, I was lookin’ in the mirror and thinking about it…I’m thirty-five years old; I
been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room – and all I got to give him is
stories about how rich people live.”
7. Who is Beneatha?
8. Why was Mama getting a check for $10,000?
9. What does Mama want to do with the money?
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