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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two, Scenes 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what setting does Act One, Scene 6, open?
(a) The Crump kitchen.
(b) The Crump living room.
(c) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(d) The subway.

2. Where does Ernestine say her family moved to?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Albany.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

3. In what time does the opening of the play take place?
(a) Winter, 1980.
(b) Fall, 1950.
(c) Summer, 1970.
(d) Spring, 1960.

4. What is Ernestine worried her hair will smell like in Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Incense.
(c) Food.
(d) Perfume.

5. What do Ernestine and Ermina say the V stands for?
(a) Verity, Veracity, and Verisimilitude.
(b) Vanity, Vice, and Venality.
(c) Virtue, Victory, and Virginity.
(d) Verdant, Voracious, and Vociferous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Godfrey, Ernestine, and Ermina going in Act One, Scene 4?

2. How does Ernestine say she got the lace for her dress?

3. About what does Lily reminisce in Act Two, Scene 1?

4. What does Lily tell the girls not the share with their father in Act One, Scene 3?

5. What does Godfrey write down in Act One, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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