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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two, Scenes 3 and 4 and Epilogue.

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 missed the girls.
(c) God told her to visit them.
(d) She was passing through the neighborhood.

2. What does Lily ask for from Gerte in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Water.
(d) Coffee.

3. Why does Ernestine think she is a communist?
(a) Because no one at school wants to be her friend.
(b) Because she cares about workers' rights.
(c) Because she is interested in Russia.
(d) Because someone called her a communist.

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

5. What does Lily say is a “sign” (32)?
(a) The yard flooded.
(b) Workers cut up a 300-year-old oak tree that fell on the telephone line.
(c) Lightning struck outside the Crump home.
(d) Godfrey and Gerte met on the subway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerte offer Lily in Act Two, Scene 2?

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

3. What does Godfrey do in response to Gerte in Act Two, Scene 3?

4. What does Ermina name her child?

5. Why does Ernestine not want to go to the movies with Gerte?

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