Read the two passages from A Raisin in the Sun.Passage 1:RUTH: You know what I'm going to do soon as I get in that new house?BENEATHA: What?RUTH: Honey—I'm going to run me a tub of water up to here . . . (With her fingers practically up to her nostrils.) And I’m going to get in it—and I am going to sit . . . and sit . . . and sit in that hot water and the first person who knocks to tell me to hurry up and come out—BENEATHA: Gets shot at sunrise.RUTH (laughing happily): You said it, sister! Passage 2:MAMA (eying the box, which is obviously a gift): What is that?WALTER (taking it from RUTH and putting it on the table in front of MAMA): Well—what you all think? Should we give it to her?RUTH: Oh—she was pretty good today.MAMA: I'll good you—She turns her eyes to the box again.BENEATHA: Open it, Mama She stands up, looks at it, turns and looks at all of them, and then presses her hands together and does not open the package.WALTER (sweetly): Open it, Mama. It's for you. (MAMA looks in his eyes. It is the first present in her life without its being Christmas. Slowly she opens her package and lifts out, one by one, a brand-new sparkling set of gardening tools. WALTER continues, prodding.) Ruth made up the note—read it . . .MAMA (picking up the card and adjusting her glasses): "To our own Mrs. Miniver—Love from Brother, Ruth, and Beneatha." Ain't that lovely . . .TRAVIS (tugging at his father's sleeve): Daddy, can I give her mine now?WALTER: All right, son. (TRAVIS flies to get his gift.)MAMA: Now I don't have to use my knives and forks no more . . .
Answer
A
The first passage hints that the family members misunderstand one another, and the second passage confirms it.
B
The first passage hints that the family members are easily distracted in conversations, and the second passage confirms it.
C
Both passages show that the family members enjoy celebrating life’s simple pleasures.
D
Both passages show that the family members are experiencing poverty but are generous with one another.