Walter Lee tells Ruth at breakfast that he has the whole deal worked out with two partners. What does he want the insurance money for?

Mama spends the first part of the check on a house rather than on either of her children's plans. Why does she want a house?

Beneatha never asks for the whole check, but she is counting on part of it. What does she need it for, and why?

Ruth's first suggestion for the ten thousand dollars is not for herself, for Walter or for the house. What does she tell Mama to do with it?

On the night he has the money in his hands, Walter gathers Travis up and describes life seven years on. What does he promise his son?

"Eat your eggs, they gonna be cold." Who says this line, and what does the moment show?

"There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing." Who says it, and to whom?

Mama tells Beneatha, "When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right." What is she asking Beneatha to take into account?

Mama tells Walter, "I come from five generations of people who was slaves and sharecroppers." What is she refusing when she says it?

"He earned it for us brick by brick." Who says this about whom, and where?

Order these events. (1) The insurance check arrives in the mail. (2) Travis asks Ruth for fifty cents to take to school. (3) Mama pays money down on the house in Clybourne Park. (4) Mama hands Walter the rest of the money.

Order these events. (1) Mama tells the family she has bought a house. (2) Bobo comes to say Willy Harris has gone. (3) Ruth admits she has put money down with a woman who would end her pregnancy. (4) Walter admits he never went to the bank.

Order these events. (1) Walter telephones Lindner and asks him to come back. (2) Lindner first calls at the flat with the association's offer. (3) The family gives Lindner their answer and he leaves. (4) Asagai asks Beneatha to come to Nigeria.

Order these events. (1) Beneatha parades in the Nigerian robes and Walter climbs onto the table. (2) Asagai brings her the robes and records. (3) Walter tries to talk Ruth into the liquor store at breakfast. (4) George Murchison calls for Beneatha.

Karl Lindner comes from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association and offers to buy the house back from the Youngers at a profit to them. What does his visit establish about the neighborhood they have bought into?

The opening stage description gives the Youngers one small window, a living room that doubles as a dining room, Travis asleep on a make-down bed at center, and a bathroom out in the hall. What does the setting establish?

Standing in front of Lindner, Walter says what the adults in the family do for a living. What does that list establish about the Youngers' situation?

Mama waters the same feeble little houseplant every morning although the one window gives it almost no light, and she carries it out with her at the end. What does it stand for?

Travis holds the envelope up and Mama has him check the number of zeros, but her face sobers as she looks at the check. What does the ten thousand dollars stand for in the play?

Asagai brings Beneatha Nigerian robes and records, and she puts them on, turns off the blues and calls it a dance of welcome. What do the robes and records stand for?