Packet 4: Tossup 7

A child is chastised in this play for describing a rat who was “big as a cat” and went “BAM! (15[1])BAM! BAM!” A scene (-5[1])in which a woman jokes about a bombing (15[1])is often removed (15[1])from this (15[1])play. (15[4])A character (15[2])in this play (15[1])that reminisces about his time at the Green Hat jazz club yells (15[1])“FLAMING SPEAR! (15[4])HOT DAMN!” (15[6])before jumping (15[1])on a (15[1])table. (15[1])A character in this play is given a nickname meaning “one for whom (*) bread … is not (10[1])enough” by a man who calls straightening (10[1])hair “mutilation.” (10[4])Willy Harris steals life insurance money (-5[3])in this play. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])Karl Lindner (-5[1])attempts to stop the Youngers from moving into a white neighborhood (10[2])in what play by Loraine (10[1])Hansberry? ■END■ (10[6]0[2])

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