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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Lily’s relationship to the Crump family?
(a) She is the sister of the dead mother.
(b) She is the oldest child.
(c) She is the grandmother.
(d) She is Godfrey's ex-wife.

4. Why does Godfrey exit in Act One, Scene 2?
(a) He has to go to the bathroom.
(b) To get Lily’s bags.
(c) He is angry.
(d) To get the door.

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

6. Where are Godfrey, Ernestine, and Ermina going in Act One, Scene 4?
(a) To the Peace Mission.
(b) To Albany.
(c) To the bakery.
(d) To Harlem.

7. Why does Godfrey tell Ermina to turn off the radio?
(a) He finds the news disturbing.
(b) He does not allow the radio on Sunday.
(c) He does not want to waste electricity.
(d) He does not like the music.

8. Why does Godfrey say Lily is being disrespectful to Sandra’s memory?
(a) Lily says Ermina looks like Sandra.
(b) Lily insults Sandra's picture.
(c) Lily mentions raising Sandra from the dead.
(d) Lily insults Ernestine and Ermina's dresses, which were made by Sandra.

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

10. Why does Ermina’s leg shake?
(a) She has to go to the bathroom.
(b) She is scared.
(c) She is nervous.
(d) She has a medical condition.

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

12. Where did Lily buy her suit?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Albany.
(c) Fifth Avenue.
(d) Harlem.

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

14. Who are the Crumps’ upstairs neighbors?
(a) Father Divine.
(b) The Levys.
(c) Aunt Lily.
(d) Sandra.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father Divine’s nickname for Godfrey?

2. Why does Lily tell Ernestine to open the window in Act One, Scene 3?

3. What movie star does Lily compare Ernestine to?

4. What is the name of the dance Lily danced in Act One, Scene 4?

5. What does Lily tease Ernestine about in Act One, Scene 2?

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