A Raisin in the Sun | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1, Scene 1

1. Where is the action of this play set?

In a small apartment in Chicago's Southside

2. Where does Travis sleep?

In the living room

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

It was a breakfast alcove

4. Who makes the first entrance?

Ruth

5. Which character starts the play on stage?

Travis

6. What is the time period of the play?

Late 1940s through late 1950s

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

She wakes Travis up

8. About how old is Walter Lee Younger?

35

9. In the paper, Walter Lee reads about:

Another bomb test

10. How does Walter Lee like his eggs?

Any way but scrambled

11. What does Travis ask his mother for?

Fifty cents

12. What does Ruth forbid Travis to do?

Ask his grandmother for money

13. What does...
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