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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hoke get information from the newspaper?

2. In what year did Driving Miss Daisy win the Pulitzer Prize?

3. What year did Daisy first go to Mobile?

4. Who ends up heading over to help when Daisy is disoriented?

5. Where is Jeanette Harris from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What level of literacy does Hoke have when he first discusses it with Daisy?

3. When was the first time Daisy saw the ocean?

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

5. Why must Hoke go to the bathroom on the side of the road on his way back from Mobile with Daisy?

6. Why does Hoke tell Boolie about Jeanette Harris's offer?

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

8. How does Daisy respond when Boolie notes that all of her friends have chauffeurs?

9. What offer does Jeanette Harris make to Hoke?

10. How does Daisy react to Hoke's offer to plant a vegetable garden for her in her backyard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Hoke and Daisy. Make sure your argument essay uses specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Choose 2 characters and discuss at least 3 ways that their life has been influenced by their race. Make sure to use specific examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

What literary devices that are specific to a play does Urhy use to demonstrate the passage of time as the play progresses? Make sure to use at least 3 literary devices that appear over the course of the story.

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