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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hoke tell Daisy might happen if she doesn't snap out of it when she is disoriented?
(a) That she'll be arrested.
(b) That she'll hurt herself or someone else.
(c) That she'll have to go to the insane asylum.
(d) That she'll get lost in New York.

2. How is the situation with the missing can of salmon resolved?
(a) Hoke brings a replacement can to Daisy.
(b) The cost of the salmon is deducted from Hoke's paycheck.
(c) Daisy decides not to confront Hoke so there's never a resolution.
(d) Hoke must replace it with two cans of salmon.

3. Where does Hoke pick up Daisy from temple for the first time?
(a) Secretly, in the back.
(b) Right in front.
(c) Last in the line of chauffeurs.
(d) She makes him pick her up at the Piggly Wiggly.

4. In what year did Driving Miss Daisy win the Pulitzer Prize?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1988.
(c) 2006.
(d) 1947.

5. What is Boolie preoccupied with when Hoke first meets him?
(a) A screaming baby.
(b) Paperwork.
(c) A phone call.
(d) The assembly line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might happen if Boolie goes to the banquet?

2. Why does Hoke come over during the ice storm?

3. Who is Daisy going to see when she has Hoke drive her for a trip?

4. How old was Daisy's cousin Tillie when she married?

5. How much money is Daisy's accident going to cost the insurance company?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daisy react when Hoke tells her the temple has been bombed?

2. Why does Hoke think Boolie's mother isn't involved with the hiring of her chauffeur herself?

3. How does Boolie initially react to Daisy's concern about the missing salmon?

4. What does Daisy believe about the slower you go in a car?

5. What was Hoke's job during the war?

6. Why does Daisy want Boolie around when she confronts Hoke about the missing can of salmon?

7. In the preface, what does Uhry have to say about a real Miss Daisy?

8. What does Hoke think his chauffeur job is originally going to entail?

9. How does Daisy find out that Hoke can't read?

10. What is the "perpetual care" that Daisy mentions while at the cemetery with Hoke?

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