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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two, Scenes 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Godfrey say Lily is being disrespectful to Sandra’s memory?
(a) Lily insults Sandra's picture.
(b) Lily says Ermina looks like Sandra.
(c) Lily mentions raising Sandra from the dead.
(d) Lily insults Ernestine and Ermina's dresses, which were made by Sandra.

2. What does Lily say she prefers to the national anthem?
(a) Charlie Parker’s “Salt Peanuts.”
(b) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) The mambo.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

3. Why does Gerte complain about the quantity of food in Act Two, Scene 1?
(a) There are starving children in Europe.
(b) She is not hungry.
(c) There is not enough.
(d) It doesn't taste good.

4. To what setting does the scene shift at the beginning of Act One, Scene 5?
(a) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(b) The subway.
(c) The Crump living room.
(d) The Crump kitchen.

5. Why does Lily say it does not matter what she wears?
(a) Because she is naturally beautiful.
(b) Because other people have no fashion sense.
(c) Because all her clothes are the same.
(d) Because people see only her skin color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Father Divine not attend the event in Act Two, Scene 1?

2. Why does Lily tell Ernestine to open the window in Act One, Scene 3?

3. On what does Gerte congratulate Ernestine in Act One, Scene 6?

4. In Act Two, Scene 2, how many invitations to the dance does Ermina say she has?

5. What is Lily doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 3?

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