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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One, Scenes 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lily’s relationship to the Crump family?
(a) She is the grandmother.
(b) She is the oldest child.
(c) She is Godfrey's ex-wife.
(d) She is the sister of the dead mother.

2. Why does Lily tell Ernestine to open the window in Act One, Scene 3?
(a) To say hello to the neighbors.
(b) To let the light in.
(c) To air out the smoke from the hot comb.
(d) To air out the smells from cooking.

3. What does Lily tell the girls not the share with their father in Act One, Scene 3?
(a) Her love of dancing.
(b) Her religious beliefs.
(c) Her Communist tendencies.
(d) Her dating advice.

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

5. Where does Ernestine say her family moved to?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Albany.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Godfrey say changed his life?

2. What are Ermina and Ernestine wearing at the beginning of Act One, Scene 4?

3. What word does Lily like to say?

4. What is the name of the newspaper Godfrey is expecting?

5. Why does Lily say she has come to the Crump home?

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