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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 often does Daisy visit the cemetery?

2. How does Daisy initially react to Hoke's request to pull the car over during the ride back from their long trip?

3. To whom is Hoke's daughter married?

4. Who is Boolie's mother?

5. What item does Boolie pocket while cleaning out his mother's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hoke ask if Boolie is Jewish?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In the preface, what does Uhry have to say about a real Hoke?

8. What does Daisy say Old Man Freitag would definitely not approve of during the holidays?

9. What specialty of Idealla's can Hoke and Daisy *not* replicate?

10. Who taught Daisy what (little) she knows about cars?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why is Daisy so uncomfortable when speaking about her money? Describe at least 3 examples of when this discomfort arises in the text and what we learn from the scene as well as from her behavior.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the growth of the friendship between Daisy and Hoke. Make sure to use specific examples and quotes to demonstrate the growth and to address at least 3 literary devices that Uhry uses.

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