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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Daisy claim not to like air conditioning in the car?
(a) It gives her a neckache.
(b) It gives her a headache.
(c) It costs too much money to run.
(d) It's bad for the environment.

2. Why does Hoke come over during the ice storm?
(a) Because he has to work that day.
(b) Because he knows how to drive in the ice.
(c) Because he wants to make sure Daisy is okay.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

3. What does Daisy's insurance have to do after she has her accident?
(a) Buy her a brand-new car.
(b) Pay her a lot of money.
(c) Fix the car she totalled.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does Hoke end up doing the first week he works for Daisy?
(a) Driving her on ridiculous errands.
(b) Talking on his cell phone all day.
(c) Sitting in the kitchen, doing nothing.
(d) Fixing her old beat-up car.

5. How long has Daisy not been in the house when it is sold?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One month.
(c) An hour or so.
(d) Two years.

6. In what year does the play end?
(a) The reader never finds out.
(b) 1988.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1973.

7. Who does Hoke call while waiting for Daisy the first time he drives her in the car?
(a) His wife.
(b) The police.
(c) Boolie.
(d) His girlfriend.

8. Before the accident, what kind of car did Daisy wish she were still driving?
(a) Her Cadillac.
(b) Her La Salle.
(c) Her Chevy.
(d) Her Oldsmobile.

9. Who is Idella?
(a) Boolie's secretary.
(b) Daisy's housemaid.
(c) Hoke's housemaid.
(d) Daisy's secretary.

10. What stage cue does Driving Miss Daisy frequently use to change scenes?
(a) A narrator.
(b) A bell softly ringing.
(c) Music.
(d) The lights going off and then on.

11. How old is Hoke when the play ends?
(a) 90.
(b) 85.
(c) 95.
(d) 100.

12. What does Rose Bauer ask Daisy to do in the cemetery?
(a) Bring back some informational materials.
(b) Drive safely.
(c) Say a prayer for her.
(d) Put flowers on her husband's grave.

13. What year did Daisy first go to Mobile?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1856.

14. What activity does Daisy do in her hospital?
(a) Ceramics.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Jewelry making.

15. In what city is Daisy going to when she has Hoke drive her for her long trip?
(a) Kissimmee.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Mobile.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what event did Daisy first go to Mobile?

2. What kind of glasses does Hoke wear when he arrives to clean out Daisy's house?

3. What item does Boolie pocket while cleaning out his mother's house?

4. What is Daisy's last name?

5. What does Daisy think Hoke witnessing the lynching has to do with her temple being bombed?

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