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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ernestine’s news that surprises Godfrey?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is graduating from high school.
(c) She is going to college.
(d) She is getting married.

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

3. In what time does the opening of the play take place?
(a) Fall, 1950.
(b) Winter, 1980.
(c) Summer, 1970.
(d) Spring, 1960.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. Who does Lily say killed Sandra?
(a) Godfrey.
(b) Ernestine.
(c) Father Divine.
(d) Ermina.

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

10. What is Lily’s political affiliation?
(a) The Green Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Republican Party.
(d) The Communist Party.

11. Where are Father Divine’s headquarters?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Albany.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

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

14. What does Lily say she prefers to the national anthem?
(a) Charlie Parker’s “Salt Peanuts.”
(b) The Lord's Prayer.
(c) The mambo.
(d) The Pledge of Allegiance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily say is not good for the cold weather?

2. Why does Ernestine say Godfrey moved the family?

3. Where does Ernestine say Godfrey works?

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

5. What is the race of Father Divine’s wife?

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