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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Godfrey offer Gerte on the subway?
(a) Cookies.
(b) A drink.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Coffee.

2. Who does Ernestine say would not like Godfrey and Gerte’s marriage?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Father Divine.
(c) Lily and Sandra's mother.
(d) Lily.

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

4. 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 Ernestine and Ermina's pinafores.
(d) For Lily's suit.

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

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

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

8. What do Ernestine and Ermina have sewn above the bosoms of their dresses?
(a) The letter V.
(b) Their mother's picture.
(c) Lace.
(d) Godfrey's notes.

9. What does Lily ask for from Gerte in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) Water.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Coffee.

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

11. What language does Ermina speak?
(a) Profanity.
(b) German.
(c) Slang.
(d) Communism.

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

13. Who does Ernestine say told her to watch Ermina?
(a) Gerte.
(b) Godfrey.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Lily.

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

15. What does Lily sell at a pawn shop?
(a) Her gloves.
(b) Her watch and earrings.
(c) Her stockings.
(d) Her hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Father Divine not attend the event in Act Two, Scene 1?

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

3. What does Gerte put into the bowl in Act Two, Scene 2?

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

5. How long is Godfrey missing from the house in Act One, Scene 5?

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