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

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

3. Why does Ernestine say Godfrey moved the family?
(a) Because he wanted to get as far away from Pensacola as possible.
(b) Because he wanted the girls to be closer to their Aunt Lily.
(c) Because the cost of living was cheaper there.
(d) Because he thought Father Divine’s Peace Mission was in Brooklyn.

4. Where does Lily invite Godfrey in Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Albany.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. What part of New York does Ernestine say the family moved to?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Godfrey repeatedly tell Ernestine and Ermina to do in Act One, Scene 4?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Lily say she never married?

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

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

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

8. What are Sundays like in the Crump household?

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

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

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