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

2. What does Ernestine bring Lily to eat upon Lily's arrival in Act One?
(a) Mutton with mint.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Lemon tarts.

3. Where did Lily buy her suit?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Fifth Avenue.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Albany.

4. Who does Godfrey blame for Ernestine’s trouble at school?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Ermina.
(c) Lily.
(d) Mrs. Levy.

5. What is the race of Father Divine’s wife?
(a) Latinx.
(b) White.
(c) Asian.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Act One, Scene 3?

2. Why did Ernestine’s school call her father?

3. What does Lily do that makes Godfrey feel uncomfortable in Act One, Scene 2?

4. Who does Ernestine say would not like Godfrey and Gerte’s marriage?

5. What does Lily tease Ernestine about in Act One, Scene 2?

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