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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Gerte turn off the radio?
(a) She does not like the news.
(b) It is bothering the neighbors.
(c) Godfrey does not allow the radio on on Sunday.
(d) She does not like the music.

3. Where does Godfrey invite Gerte in Act One, Scene 5?
(a) Harlem.
(b) The Peace Mission.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. Why are Ernestine and Ermina shocked by Gerte?
(a) Gerte is obese.
(b) Gerte does not speak English.
(c) Gerte is white.
(d) Gerte is German.

5. On what setting does Act One, Scene 6, open?
(a) The subway.
(b) The Crump kitchen.
(c) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(d) The Crump living room.

6. Why does Father Divine not attend the event in Act Two, Scene 1?
(a) He changed his mind.
(b) He had a conflict.
(c) He got a flat tire.
(d) He wasn't supposed to.

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

8. Why does Lily say it does not matter what she wears?
(a) Because other people have no fashion sense.
(b) Because she is naturally beautiful.
(c) Because people see only her skin color.
(d) Because all her clothes are the same.

9. How long does Godfrey have to wait to see Father Divine again?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

10. What does Ernestine imagine Gerte does in Act Two, Scene 1?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Leave the room.
(c) Dance and sing.
(d) Kiss Godfrey.

11. To what setting does the scene shift at the beginning of Act One, Scene 5?
(a) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(b) The Crump kitchen.
(c) The subway.
(d) The Crump living room.

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

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

14. Where do the Crump family sit at the Peace Mission?
(a) On the stoop.
(b) In the pews.
(c) At a banquet table.
(d) In the meeting hall.

15. What does Gerte put into the bowl in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) The cabbage.
(b) The mail.
(c) Godfrey's notes.
(d) The lace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ernestine say she got the lace for her dress?

2. To whom does Godfrey introduce Ernestine and Ermina in Act One, Scene 6?

3. What accessory for Ernestine’s graduation dress do Lily and Gerte disagree about?

4. What does Ernestine call Gerte that offends Gerte?

5. Who is the jazz musician Gerte heard in Berlin?

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