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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is there a dressmaker’s dummy in the Crump living room?
(a) For Ernestine’s graduation dress.
(b) For Godfrey's pants.
(c) For Lily's suit.
(d) For Ernestine and Ermina's pinafores.

2. What accessory for Ernestine’s graduation dress do Lily and Gerte disagree about?
(a) The hat.
(b) The stockings.
(c) The gloves.
(d) Lace.

3. Who is the jazz musician Gerte heard in Berlin?
(a) Mambo.
(b) Pierre Broussard.
(c) Papo.
(d) Father Divine.

4. How does Ernestine say she got the lace for her dress?
(a) She bought it at Woolworth's.
(b) Ermina stole it.
(c) Her mother gave it to her.
(d) Godfrey bought it for her.

5. What does Ernestine say Lily cares about?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Politics.
(c) Art.
(d) Religion.

6. In Act Two, Scene 2, how many invitations to the dance does Ermina say she has?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

7. On what setting does Act One, Scene 5, open?
(a) The subway.
(b) The Crump kitchen.
(c) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(d) The Crump living room.

8. Why does Gerte complain about the quantity of food in Act Two, Scene 1?
(a) There are starving children in Europe.
(b) She is not hungry.
(c) It doesn't taste good.
(d) There is not enough.

9. What word does Ermina use that Gerte does not know in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) Dainty.
(b) Finicky.
(c) Picky.
(d) Persnickety.

10. About what does Lily reminisce in Act Two, Scene 1?
(a) Her youth in Pensacola.
(b) Her college days.
(c) Dancing with Papo.
(d) Her participation in the Communist Party in Harlem.

11. What does Ermina ask Gerte in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) If Gerte's hair is really blonde.
(b) If Gerte speaks English.
(c) If Gerte was a Nazi.
(d) If Gerte's immigration status is legal.

12. What is Godfrey waiting for in Act Two, Scene 1?
(a) The New Day newspaper.
(b) To ask questions to Father Divine.
(c) Ernestine's graduation.
(d) His wife's funeral.

13. What does Lily indirectly ask Gerte to say in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) You're welcome.
(b) Ma'am.
(c) Please.
(d) Thank you.

14. Why does Ernestine say Ermina will not go to the dance?
(a) She will get sick.
(b) The dance will be cancelled.
(c) Godfrey will not let her.
(d) No one will ask her.

15. Why does Ernestine not want to go to the movies with Gerte?
(a) Because she does not like going to the movies.
(b) Because she does not like Gerte's taste in movies.
(c) Because the other children in school will gossip about it.
(d) Because her father will not let her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ernestine say she has worked hard on?

2. What does Ernestine imagine Gerte does in Act Two, Scene 1?

3. Why are Ernestine and Ermina shocked by Gerte?

4. What does Gerte ask Ernestine to get in Act Two, Scene 2?

5. Where do the Crump family sit at the Peace Mission?

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