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

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

3. What is the setting of Act One, Scene 3?
(a) The Crump kitchen.
(b) The subway.
(c) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(d) The Crump living room.

4. What does Father Divine say is a “creation of the ignorant to punish those who are in touch with God” (12)?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Communism.
(d) Socialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily call the man she danced with in Act One, Scene 4?

2. Why does Ernestine say Godfrey moved the family?

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

4. What does Ernestine bring Lily to eat upon Lily's arrival in Act One?

5. Who does Lily say she hates?

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