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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. When was the first time Hoke ever left Georgia?

2. What shape is Boolie's award?

3. What item is Boolie amazed Daisy didn't break in her car accident?

4. What is particularly disturbing about the lynching that Hoke witnesses?

5. Why does Daisy claim not to like air conditioning in the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daisy feel about Florine's Christmas festivities?

2. Why does Hoke decline Jeanette Harris's offer?

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

4. What specialties of Idella's can Hoke and Daisy replicate?

5. What does Daisy think a chauffeur is going to do while at her house all day?

6. What was Daisy's childhood like?

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

8. Who asks Hoke to replace the missing can of salmon?

9. How does Boolie come to meet Hoke?

10. What offer does Jeanette Harris make to Hoke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would Driving Miss Daisy still "work" as a play if it were place in modern times? if so, list three reasons why it would. If not, list three reasons why not.

Essay Topic 2

Why was Driving Miss Daisy made into a movie? Why was that movie so successful? What major theme or themes connected with such a large audience?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether or not turning a play into a movie is a good idea and a fair way to treat a play. What challenges arise? What benefits are there?

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