A Raisin in the Sun Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Scene 1

1. Where is the action of this play set?

2. Where does Travis sleep?

3. What was the former function of Ruth and Walter Lee's bedroom?

4. Who makes the first entrance?

5. Which character starts the play on stage?

6. What is the time period of the play?

7. What is the first thing Ruth does on stage?

8. About how old is Walter Lee Younger?

9. In the paper, Walter Lee reads about:

10. How does Walter Lee like his eggs?

11. What does Travis ask his mother for?

12. What does Ruth forbid Travis to do?

13. What does Walter Lee give Travis?