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In act one scene one why is mama expecting to come into some money in a raisin in the sun

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Answer: She had just lost her husband and is waiting for ten thousand dollars from his life insurance .

Explanation: The insurance company is giving the wife of the deceased money because she had a ten thousand dollar life insurance on the husband .

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