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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adolph say when Joe asks him about the news from Poland?
(a) It is positive.
(b) It is the same.
(c) It is okay.
(d) It is not good.

2. How does Joe leave?
(a) Sadly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Nervously.
(d) Happily.

3. What does Sunny say does not matter to her?
(a) That her family members are not practicing Jews.
(b) That her family is from Eastern Europe.
(c) That he is not a Jew.
(d) That "other kind" of stuff.

4. How does Adolph respond when Boo says she thought they were going to be happy and asks what happened?
(a) Adolph says he does not know.
(b) Adolph says she should be happy.
(c) Adolph says he is happy.
(d) Adolph says he wishes they were happy.

5. What does Joe say when Sunny asks what happened?
(a) He says he went to get some dinner.
(b) He says he went for a drive.
(c) He says he went home.
(d) He says he went to a movie.

6. What does Lala do when Boo tells her to go upstairs, work on her novel, and pack up the dress to be returned?
(a) She follows her instructions.
(b) She sits on the couch.
(c) She puts on her wrap and goes.
(d) She begins to cry.

7. What do Reba and Boo do when this guest arrives?
(a) They give him a hug.
(b) They leave the room.
(c) They introduce themselves.
(d) They give him the watermelon pickles.

8. Who rings the doorbell?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) The police.
(c) Sylvan "Peachy" Weil.
(d) Joe.

9. Why does Lala protest that she cannot go?
(a) She doe not like Dorothy.
(b) She will be humiliated if Dorothy sees her.
(c) She is nervous to see Sally.
(d) She is afraid Peachy's mother will be there.

10. To where is this train headed?
(a) Raliegh.
(b) Wilmington.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Savannah.

11. Who brought Sunny home from the dance?
(a) Lala.
(b) Harold.
(c) Peachy.
(d) Joe.

12. What does Lala do as Adolph snoozes in his chair and Reba clears the dinner table?
(a) She sings Christmas carols.
(b) She listens to the radio.
(c) She plays cards.
(d) She models her dress.

13. What does Lala do after this happens?
(a) She glares at Joe.
(b) She helps Sunny fix her torn dress.
(c) She puts ice on an injured ankle.
(d) She rushes upstairs in tears.

14. How does Lala react to this greeting?
(a) She is very embarrassed.
(b) She is so surprised to hear this that she faints.
(c) She is angry to receive this greeting.
(d) She is very excited.

15. What does some of Peachy and Joe's small talk include?
(a) Where the girls have gone.
(b) What to get for dinner.
(c) Why girls always go to the bathroom together.
(d) Why they do not like each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Joe compare his experience that night?

2. Why is Boo upset about the gift?

3. What does Joe do when Sunny makes a mistake in Yiddish?

4. How does Adolph react when Lala asks him to dance with her?

5. What does Sunny know when Joe suggests she should have a pretty good idea about what happened?

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