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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. How much money does the mailman ask for in order to deliver the mail in the mornings?
(a) $1.
(b) $2.
(c) $25.
(d) $10.

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

3. What does Lily say she prefers to the national anthem?
(a) Charlie Parker’s “Salt Peanuts.”
(b) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) The Lord's Prayer.
(d) The mambo.

4. What is Ernestine’s news that surprises Godfrey?
(a) She is graduating from high school.
(b) She is going to college.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is getting married.

5. What does Ernestine bring Lily to eat upon Lily's arrival in Act One?
(a) Lemon tarts.
(b) Mutton with mint.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) A sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lily’s profession?

2. On what setting does Act One, Scene 4, open?

3. Who does Lily say Ermina looks like?

4. Why does Lily tell Ernestine to open the window in Act One, Scene 3?

5. Why does Lily ask Godfrey to get her bags?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Godfrey experiencing problems at work?

2. How does Lily describe white women’s physical appearance?

3. Why does Lily say she never married?

4. Why does Father Divine give the Crump family nicknames?

5. How does Ernestine imagine her apology to the school?

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

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

8. What is Lily “Sister” Ann Green’s appearance like?

9. What does Godfrey not like about the neighbors’ radio?

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

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