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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. Where is Godfrey from?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Brooklyn, New York.
(c) Albany, New York.
(d) Pensacola, Florida.

2. Why does Godfrey say Lily is being disrespectful to Sandra’s memory?
(a) Lily insults Ernestine and Ermina's dresses, which were made by Sandra.
(b) Lily insults Sandra's picture.
(c) Lily says Ermina looks like Sandra.
(d) Lily mentions raising Sandra from the dead.

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

4. Who does Lily dance with in Act One, Scene 4?
(a) Ernestine.
(b) Ermina.
(c) Mrs. Levy.
(d) Sandra.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Father Divine’s headquarters?

2. What movie star does Lily compare Ernestine to?

3. What does Lily ask for upon arriving in Act One, Scene 2?

4. Where did Lily buy her suit?

5. What did Lily promise her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Lily say is different about Brooklyn?

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

8. Why did Godfrey discover Father Divine?

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

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

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