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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. What does Lily put on in Act Two, Scene 1?
(a) Her hat.
(b) Her stockings.
(c) Her gloves.
(d) Lipstick.

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

7. What does Ernestine say she has worked hard on?
(a) Notes.
(b) A newspaper article.
(c) Her paper.
(d) Her graduation dress.

8. In Act Two, Scene 2, what does Ernestine say she likes to do?
(a) Work on her graduation dress.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Hem her father's pants.
(d) Shine her shoes.

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

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

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

12. What does Lily say is a “sign” (32)?
(a) Workers cut up a 300-year-old oak tree that fell on the telephone line.
(b) Godfrey and Gerte met on the subway.
(c) The yard flooded.
(d) Lightning struck outside the Crump home.

13. What does Ernestine do to the dress in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) Finishes it.
(b) Knocks it over.
(c) Tries it on.
(d) Rips the lace off it.

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

15. When does Lily say she wore a white dress?
(a) At Sandra's funeral.
(b) At her wedding.
(c) At her graduation.
(d) At her baptism.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Ernestine say Ermina will not go to the dance?

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

5. On what does Gerte congratulate Ernestine in Act One, Scene 6?

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