The Last Night of Ballyhoo | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Scene 1

1. What is Lala Levy doing as she decorates a Christmas tree while her aunt Reba watches and knits?

2. Why does Lala say the tree cannot have a star?

3. What does Lala complain that instead of fighting about Christmas trees, they should all be doing?

4. What does Boo suggest that Lala should have on her mind?

5. What does Reba do when Lala says she is holding out hopes for another boy named Ferdy Nachman?

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

7. Why does Boo respond to Lala by saying she should be doing something more constructive, like calling Sylvan?

8. How...
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