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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. On what setting does Act One, Scene 6, open?
(a) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(b) The Crump living room.
(c) The subway.
(d) The Crump kitchen.

2. What does Gerte offer Ernestine in Act One, Scene 6?
(a) A drink.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Her hand.

3. What food is Gerte preparing in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) Strudel.
(b) Schnitzel.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Sausage.

4. Where does Lily say her suit is in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) At Woolworth's.
(b) At a pawn shop.
(c) On Fifth Avenue.
(d) At the cleaners.

5. What does Lily say is a “sign” (32)?
(a) Godfrey and Gerte met on the subway.
(b) The yard flooded.
(c) Lightning struck outside the Crump home.
(d) Workers cut up a 300-year-old oak tree that fell on the telephone line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Godfrey tell Ernestine and Ermina to do in Act One, Scene 6?

2. In Act Two, Scene 2, what does Ernestine say she likes to do?

3. Who does Ernestine say would not like Godfrey and Gerte’s marriage?

4. Why does Father Divine not attend the event in Act Two, Scene 1?

5. What does Ernestine say Lily cares about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparisons does Ernestine make between the food and religious belief?

2. What is the relationship between Gerte and Ernestine like?

3. How does Gerte respond when Ermina asks her if she was a Nazi?

4. Why does Godfrey say he needs Father Divine?

5. What are Lily and Gerte’s differing views on Godfrey?

6. What are Lily’s views on race and fashion?

7. What does Gerte say and do to indicate she is trying to fit in when she meets Ermina and Ernestine?

8. What does Lily not like about Ernestine applying lace to her graduation dress?

9. What are Lily’s views on African traditions?

10. Why does Lily handle the flooding in the yard alone?

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