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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. What language does Ermina speak?
(a) Profanity.
(b) German.
(c) Communism.
(d) Slang.

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

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

4. What is Ernestine carrying at the beginning of Act One, Scene 5?
(a) A pair of boots.
(b) The New Day.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Her graduation dress.

5. What does Ernestine say she has worked hard on?
(a) Notes.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) Her graduation dress.
(d) Her paper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does Ermina use that Gerte does not know in Act Two, Scene 2?

3. Why does Ermina howl in pain in Act One, Scene 3?

4. What is Ernestine working on in Act Two, Scene 2?

5. What does Gerte put into the bowl in Act Two, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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