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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One, Scenes 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily tease Ernestine about in Act One, Scene 2?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) Her love of the movies.
(c) Her developing body.
(d) Her graduation dress.

2. Who does Lily say killed Sandra?
(a) Ernestine.
(b) Ermina.
(c) Godfrey.
(d) Father Divine.

3. What does Lily say is a “sign” (32)?
(a) Lightning struck outside the Crump home.
(b) The yard flooded.
(c) Godfrey and Gerte met on the subway.
(d) Workers cut up a 300-year-old oak tree that fell on the telephone line.

4. What part of New York does Ernestine say the family moved to?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Queens.

5. What is Father Divine’s nickname for Godfrey?
(a) Darling Angel.
(b) Godfrey Goodness.
(c) Goodness Angel.
(d) Devout Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lily’s relationship to the Crump family?

2. Why does Ernestine regret not listening to the radio in Act One?

3. Who does Lily dance with in Act One, Scene 4?

4. On what setting does Act One, Scene 5, open?

5. What did Lily promise her mother?

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