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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. On what setting does Act One, Scene 6, open?
2. On what setting does Act One, Scene 5, open?
3. Where do the Crump family sit at the Peace Mission?
4. Where did Gerte grow up?
5. What does Ernestine say Lily cares about?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gerte say and do to indicate she is trying to fit in when she meets Ermina and Ernestine?
2. What comparisons does Ernestine make between the food and religious belief?
3. How does Ermina describe the teasing from the other girls about Gerte?
4. What are Lily’s views on race and fashion?
5. What does Gerte say and do that indicates her naïveté about America?
6. What effect does Ernestine say Gerte has on Ermina?
7. What are Lily and Gerte’s differing views on Godfrey?
8. How does Gerte respond when Ermina asks her if she was a Nazi?
9. Why does Godfrey say he needs Father Divine?
10. What are Lily and Gerte’s differing views on race?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When their mother dies, sisters Ernestine and Ermina are left without a primary role model at a critical stage in their development. In part, their aunt Lily justifies her presence in their household as her responsibility to fill the void left by Sandra. Write an essay examining the influence Lily has on her nieces.
Essay Topic 2
“Crumbs From the Table of Joy” is an interesting title that is never mentioned or explained in the play. Though the play features a feast, the title leads the audience to believe that the characters, many of whom have the last name “Crump,” are left scrambling for “crumbs” of “joy.” Write an essay examining the meaning of the title of the play.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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