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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 is Lily doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Smoking a cigarette.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Straightening Ermina’s hair with a hot comb.
(d) Dancing to music.

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

3. What part of New York does Ernestine say the family moved to?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Queens.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. What did Lily promise her mother?
(a) That she would take care of Ernestine and Ermina.
(b) That she would visit Sandra's grave.
(c) That she would speak at a conference in Albany.
(d) That she would join the Communist Party.

5. What are Ermina and Ernestine wearing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 4?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Suits.
(c) White pinafores.
(d) Their graduation dresses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the newspaper Godfrey is expecting?

3. Who does Godfrey blame for Ernestine’s trouble at school?

4. Who does Lily say killed Sandra?

5. What does Ernestine say made her father wail?

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