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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. Who is being honored at the banquet?

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

3. What car does Hoke first buy for himself?

4. What year did Daisy first go to Mobile?

5. What is Daisy supposed to be wearing when she first becomes disoriented?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What offer does Jeanette Harris make to Hoke?

4. In the preface, what does Uhry have to say about a real Boolie?

5. How does Boolie come to meet Hoke?

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

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

8. What is the first "bad act" that Daisy accuses Florine of doing in the play?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1988, Driving Miss Daisy won the Pulitzer Prize. Name the 3 strongest features of the play, what makes them particularly strong, and why you think each strength may have contributed to the play's prize.

Essay Topic 2

Will the themes present in Driving Miss Daisy still be present 50 years from now? If so, why? If not, why not? Make sure to address at least three themes from the play in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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