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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lala lift from the lobby of the movie theatre?
(a) A poster-sized picture of Scarlett O'Hara.
(b) A ticket to see "Gone with the Wind."
(c) A popcorn machine.
(d) An autographed ticket from the trash.

2. In the story Reba tells about a former neighbor, who boarded a train to start her second year at college, and did what?
(a) Never came home.
(b) Began to work for the train company.
(c) Ran up and down the aisles of the train with her clothes off.
(d) Had to be the train conductor.

3. What does he do as the scene ends?
(a) Leaves the train.
(b) He listens to Sunny recite a sonnet.
(c) He sits by Sunny.
(d) He shakes Sunny's hand.

4. What does Sunny say about reading her book?
(a) She would like to be a model for Vogue, someday.
(b) Reading communist writing does not make a person into one.
(c) Train rides are good for reading Shakespeare.
(d) She too loves Jane Austen.

5. What is she reading?
(a) A novel.
(b) A book by a Communist writer.
(c) Shakespeare sonnets.
(d) A magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Lala complain as she is leaving?

2. When Boo asks whether Sylvan asked her to Ballyhoo, how does Lala reply?

3. Who starts a conversation with Sunny?

4. What does Lala say when Boo asks her why she wants to go down to the theater?

5. How does Joe respond to this information?

(see the answer key)

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