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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 movie star does Lily compare Ernestine to?
(a) Marlene Dietrich.
(b) Bette Davis.
(c) Joan Crawford.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

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

3. What does Godfrey repeatedly tell Ernestine and Ermina to do in Act One, Scene 4?
(a) Straighten their hair.
(b) Turn off the radio.
(c) Leave the room.
(d) Apologize.

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

5. Why did Ernestine’s school call her father?
(a) Ernestine joined the Communist Party.
(b) Ernestine wrote a paper on Black workers in the United States.
(c) Ernestine got in a fight.
(d) Ernestine brought a gun to school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are Father Divine’s headquarters?

3. What did Lily promise her mother?

4. When does Ernestine say she saw her father fight?

5. What does Lily do to Godfrey in Act One, Scene 4?

(see the answer key)

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