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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily tell the girls not the share with their father in Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Her religious beliefs.
(b) Her dating advice.
(c) Her Communist tendencies.
(d) Her love of dancing.

2. Where is Godfrey from?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Albany, New York.
(c) Pensacola, Florida.
(d) Brooklyn, New York.

3. What item of clothing is Lily missing in Act One, Scene 4?
(a) Her stockings.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Her suit.
(d) Her gloves.

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

5. What is Father Divine’s nickname for Godfrey?
(a) Devout Mary.
(b) Darling Angel.
(c) Goodness Angel.
(d) Godfrey Goodness.

6. What word does Lily like to say?
(a) Peace.
(b) Y'all.
(c) Persnickety.
(d) Blessings.

7. In Act One, Scene 2, where does Ernestine say Aunt Lily has been?
(a) Albany.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Pensacola.

8. What is the name of the Crump family’s dead mother?
(a) Lily.
(b) Mrs. Levy.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Father Divine.

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

10. What is Lily doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 2?
(a) Straightening Ermina's hair.
(b) Dancing to music.
(c) Smoking a cigarette.
(d) Drinking.

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

12. On what setting does Act One, Scene 4, open?
(a) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(b) The Crump kitchen.
(c) The subway.
(d) The Crump living room.

13. What does Ernestine say made her father wail?
(a) Death.
(b) Evil.
(c) Pain.
(d) Suffering.

14. Where does Lily invite Godfrey in Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Albany.
(d) Brooklyn.

15. What does Lily tease Ernestine about in Act One, Scene 2?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) Her graduation dress.
(c) Her developing body.
(d) Her love of the movies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Godfrey drink that got him really drunk?

3. What does Ernestine bring Lily to eat upon Lily's arrival in Act One?

4. What is Ernestine doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 1?

5. Why did Ernestine’s school call her father?

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