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

2. What does Lily ask Ernestine to get in Act Two, Scene 2?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) An ashtray.
(c) A bowl.
(d) Whiskey.

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

4. What is Ernestine carrying at the beginning of Act One, Scene 5?
(a) The New Day.
(b) Cookies.
(c) A pair of boots.
(d) Her graduation dress.

5. Who is the jazz musician Gerte heard in Berlin?
(a) Pierre Broussard.
(b) Father Divine.
(c) Papo.
(d) Mambo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily ask for from Gerte in Act Two, Scene 2?

2. What does Ernestine imagine Gerte does in Act Two, Scene 1?

3. Why is there a dressmaker’s dummy in the Crump living room?

4. How long does Godfrey have to wait to see Father Divine again?

5. On what does Gerte congratulate Ernestine in Act One, Scene 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Godfrey say he needs Father Divine?

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

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

5. Why does Ermina’s leg shake?

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

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

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

9. What does Gerte say and do that indicates that she is a fear-based person?

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

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