Mama's maiden name (before marriage) was?

• A. Eggleston
• B. Younger
• C. Williams
• D. Johnson

Answer: (A)

Maiden name refers to the name a person had before marriage, which helps you understand a character’s background beyond the name they use in daily life. In A Raisin in the Sun, Mama is known as Lena Younger after marriage. Her birth name, the name she had before she married, is Eggleston. That little detail ties her to a family history outside the Younger household and is used in the play’s biographical notes and character backstory.

So the correct option is Eggleston because it is the surname Lena carried before becoming Lena Younger; the other names reflect her married surname (Younger) or are not indicated as her birth name in the text.