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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Lily say Ermina looks like?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Lily.
(c) Ernestine.
(d) Godfrey.

3. What part of New York does Ernestine say the family moved to?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) The Bronx.

4. When does Ernestine say she saw her father fight?
(a) When he joined the Peace Movement.
(b) When his wife died.
(c) When he went to work.
(d) When he got drunk.

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

6. What does Godfrey repeatedly tell Ernestine and Ermina to do in Act One, Scene 4?
(a) Straighten their hair.
(b) Turn off the radio.
(c) Apologize.
(d) Leave the room.

7. Where does Ernestine say Godfrey works?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A mechanic's.
(d) A factory.

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

9. What does Godfrey say changed his life?
(a) His wife's death.
(b) Working at a bakery.
(c) Father Divine’s Peace Mission.
(d) Moving to Brooklyn.

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

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

12. Why does Lily tell Ernestine to open the window in Act One, Scene 3?
(a) To air out the smells from cooking.
(b) To let the light in.
(c) To air out the smoke from the hot comb.
(d) To say hello to the neighbors.

13. What is Ernestine doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 1?
(a) Hemming her father’s pants.
(b) Dancing to music.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Sewing her gradutation dress.

14. Why does Lily ask Godfrey to get her bags?
(a) They are too heavy for her.
(b) She just arrived from the airport.
(c) She is moving in with the Crumps.
(d) She is afraid someone will steal them.

15. What does Lily ask for upon arriving in Act One, Scene 2?
(a) A drink.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Lace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily say she prefers to the national anthem?

2. Why does Godfrey tell Ermina to turn off the radio?

3. What is the name of the newspaper Godfrey is expecting?

4. Where did Lily buy her suit?

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

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