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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 5, open?
(a) The Crump living room.
(b) The subway.
(c) The stoop outside the Crump home.
(d) The Crump kitchen.

2. What does Ernestine do to the dress in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) Knocks it over.
(b) Finishes it.
(c) Rips the lace off it.
(d) Tries it on.

3. What does Gerte put into the bowl in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) The mail.
(b) The cabbage.
(c) The lace.
(d) Godfrey's notes.

4. Why is there a dressmaker’s dummy in the Crump living room?
(a) For Godfrey's pants.
(b) For Ernestine’s graduation dress.
(c) For Lily's suit.
(d) For Ernestine and Ermina's pinafores.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ernestine say she got the lace for her dress?

2. Why does Gerte turn off the radio?

3. What does Gerte offer Ernestine in Act One, Scene 6?

4. What does Lily indirectly ask Gerte to say in Act Two, Scene 2?

5. Why does Ernestine not want to go to the movies with Gerte?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Gerte say and do that indicates her naïveté about America?

5. How did Gerte’s upbringing affect her views on race?

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

7. Why does Ermina’s leg shake?

8. How does Ermina describe the teasing from the other girls about Gerte?

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

10. How does Ernestine describe the Crump family’s routine?

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