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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 are Ermina and Ernestine wearing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 4?
(a) White pinafores.
(b) Their graduation dresses.
(c) Stockings.
(d) Suits.

2. Who are the Crumps’ upstairs neighbors?
(a) Aunt Lily.
(b) Father Divine.
(c) Sandra.
(d) The Levys.

3. What movie star does Lily compare Ernestine to?
(a) Marlene Dietrich.
(b) Bette Davis.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Joan Crawford.

4. What is Lily doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Dancing to music.
(b) Smoking a cigarette.
(c) Straightening Ermina’s hair with a hot comb.
(d) Drinking.

5. What is Godfrey doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 1?
(a) Shining his shoes.
(b) Reading the newspaper.
(c) Hemming his pants.
(d) Taking notes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Crump family’s dead mother?

2. What is the setting of Act One, Scene 3?

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

4. What does Godfrey say changed his life?

5. Why does Godfrey say Lily is being disrespectful to Sandra’s memory?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the death of their mother affect the family before the move to New York?

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

3. Why is Godfrey horrified by Lily in Act one, Scene 4?

4. Why did Godfrey discover Father Divine?

5. Why does Ernestine express surprise that Lily is her mother’s sister?

6. Why does Lily say she never married?

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

8. What does Lily say is different about Brooklyn?

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

10. What is Godfrey and Lily’s conflict about drinking?

(see the answer keys)

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