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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One, Scenes 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily tell the girls not the share with their father in Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Her religious beliefs.
(b) Her love of dancing.
(c) Her dating advice.
(d) Her Communist tendencies.

2. What does Ernestine say made her father wail?
(a) Evil.
(b) Suffering.
(c) Pain.
(d) Death.

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

4. How did Ermina respond to teasing from the other kids at school?
(a) She became promiscuous.
(b) She became depressed.
(c) She got in a fight.
(d) She started drinking.

5. Why does Lily ask Godfrey to get her bags?
(a) She just arrived from the airport.
(b) She is moving in with the Crumps.
(c) They are too heavy for her.
(d) She is afraid someone will steal them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie star does Lily compare Ernestine to?

2. What do Ernestine and Ermina say the V stands for?

3. Why does Godfrey tell Ermina to turn off the radio?

4. Why does Ernestine say Godfrey moved the family?

5. What is Ernestine’s news that surprises Godfrey?

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