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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily ask Ernestine to get in Act Two, Scene 2?

2. What is Ernestine carrying at the beginning of Act One, Scene 5?

3. When does Lily say she wore a white dress?

4. On what setting does Act One, Scene 6, open?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Godfrey say he needs Father Divine?

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

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

8. What effect does Ernestine say Gerte has on Ermina?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the death of Sandra, the remaining members of the Crump family are left with only memories of their wife, sister, and mother, and Godfrey has adopted an obsessive habit of note taking to help him remember his thoughts. Write an essay examining the role that memory plays in the play.

Essay Topic 2

Race is brought to the forefront when the father of a Black family brings home a white woman as his new wife. Write an essay examining the role that race plays in the play.

Essay Topic 3

Many plays use a third-person omniscient character or chorus as narrator. The character of Ernestine is the only character in the play who breaks the third wall and directly addresses the audience with repeated asides. Write an essay examining the role of Ernestine as the play’s narrator.

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