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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Act One, Scene 3?
(a) The Crump living room.
(b) The subway.
(c) The Crump kitchen.
(d) The stoop outside the Crump home.

2. What is Ernestine doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Listening to the radio.
(b) Hemming her father's pants.
(c) Working on her graduation dress.
(d) Reading a magazine.

3. Where does Ernestine say Godfrey works?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A mechanic's.
(d) A factory.

4. What does Godfrey want Ernestine to do at school?
(a) Graduate.
(b) Get in a fight.
(c) Apologize.
(d) Clean.

5. What does Godfrey say changed his life?
(a) Father Divine’s Peace Mission.
(b) His wife's death.
(c) Moving to Brooklyn.
(d) Working at a bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ernestine say made her father wail?

2. What is Lily’s profession?

3. Who does Lily say killed Sandra?

4. Why does Ermina howl in pain in Act One, Scene 3?

5. What does Godfrey write down in Act One, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Ernestine and Godfrey say they are not going out?

2. Why does Lily suggest she belongs to the Communist Party?

3. Why did Godfrey discover Father Divine?

4. Why does Lily say she is unemployed?

5. What are Sundays like in the Crump household?

6. Why does Godfrey say he left Florida?

7. Why does Lily say she likes to dress well?

8. What does Godfrey not like about Ernestine and Ermina visiting the Levys?

9. What does Lily say is different about Brooklyn?

10. What is Lily’s behavior like at the beginning of Act One, Scene 4?

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