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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 does Lily do that makes Godfrey feel uncomfortable in Act One, Scene 2?
(a) Hugs him.
(b) Shakes his hand.
(c) Pats him.
(d) Kisses him.

2. What do Ernestine and Ermina say the V stands for?
(a) Vanity, Vice, and Venality.
(b) Virtue, Victory, and Virginity.
(c) Verity, Veracity, and Verisimilitude.
(d) Verdant, Voracious, and Vociferous.

3. What is Ernestine doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 1?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Sewing her gradutation dress.
(c) Hemming her father’s pants.
(d) Dancing to music.

4. Why does Lily ask Godfrey to get her bags?
(a) She just arrived from the airport.
(b) She is afraid someone will steal them.
(c) They are too heavy for her.
(d) She is moving in with the Crumps.

5. Why did Ernestine’s school call her father?
(a) Ernestine wrote a paper on Black workers in the United States.
(b) Ernestine got in a fight.
(c) Ernestine joined the Communist Party.
(d) Ernestine brought a gun to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week is it at the beginning of Act One, Scene 1?

2. What does Lily say is not good for the cold weather?

3. What is the race of Father Divine’s wife?

4. What is Lily doing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 2?

5. What item of clothing is Lily missing in Act One, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Sundays like in the Crump household?

3. Why does Godfrey pass the letter from Father Divine to Ernestine?

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

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

6. Why does Lily say she is unemployed?

7. Why did Godfrey discover Father Divine?

8. How does Ernestine say the other children in school treat her and her sister Ermina and why?

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

10. Why is Godfrey experiencing problems at work?

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