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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. Where does Daisy tell Hoke to pick her up from temple the first time?

2. To whom is Daisy married to when the play begins?

3. What undergarment is accidentally showing during Daisy's disorientation?

4. How fast does Daisy like to go in her car?

5. How old is Boolie when the play begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Daisy tell Hoke about what to do with his Christmas present?

5. How does Daisy treat Hoke when he first starts working for her?

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

7. Why does Daisy not like where Hoke picks her up from temple the first time?

8. How does Daisy help Hoke find the Bauer headstone?

9. Why doesn't Hoke want to go to Savannah with the Stone family?

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

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

Choose one character from the novel and discuss how that character's race both limits and does not limit what Uhry is able to do with them as a character.

Essay Topic 3

Does Boolie, as a character, take after his mother or not? If so, how? If not, in what ways is he different? Use at least 3 specific examples from the text to support your position.

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