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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 Godfrey have in his pocket?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Money.
(c) A gun.
(d) A watch.

2. Why are Ernestine and Ermina shocked by Gerte?
(a) Gerte is white.
(b) Gerte is German.
(c) Gerte is obese.
(d) Gerte does not speak English.

3. What is the name of the newspaper Godfrey is expecting?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The Financial Times.
(d) The New Day.

4. Why does Lily say she has come to the Crump home?
(a) God told her to visit them.
(b) She missed the girls.
(c) She promised her mother she would take care of the girls.
(d) She was passing through the neighborhood.

5. Who are the Crumps’ upstairs neighbors?
(a) The Levys.
(b) Sandra.
(c) Aunt Lily.
(d) Father Divine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the mailman ask for in order to deliver the mail in the mornings?

2. To what setting does the scene shift at the beginning of Act One, Scene 5?

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

4. Why does Ermina howl in pain in Act One, Scene 3?

5. In Act One, Scene 2, where does Ernestine say Aunt Lily has been?

(see the answer key)

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