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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 did Daisy demolish in her car accident?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Her car.
(c) A freestanding tool shed.
(d) A two-car garage.

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

3. What is particularly disturbing about the lynching that Hoke witnesses?
(a) That Hoke had just talked to him the day before.
(b) That the man is covered in flies.
(c) That Hoke knew him personally.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

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

5. What does Hoke bring Daisy on the morning of the ice storm?
(a) Milk.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Bread.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daisy tell Hoke when she gives him a Christmas present?

2. To whom is Hoke's daughter married?

3. On what street did Daisy grow up?

4. In what year does the play begin?

5. Why can't Hoke find the Bauer headstone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What awkward example does Hoke give for how he won't let Daisy get away from him/fire him?

2. What happens to Daisy when Hoke exits the car during their ride back from Mobile?

3. What was Daisy's childhood like?

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

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

6. When Hoke says that "always be the same ones" in response to Daisy's question about who bombed the temple, who does he mean?

7. Why does Hoke ask if Boolie is Jewish?

8. How does Hoke initially react to Daisy's declarations that she's not rich?

9. How does Daisy respond to being told she is going to have to have a chauffeur?

10. How does Daisy react to the story Hoke tells about the lynching he witnessed as a child?

(see the answer keys)

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