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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. What actually caused Daisy's car accident?

2. Why does someone bomb Daisy's temple?

3. What car does Hoke first buy for himself?

4. What item do Hoke and Daisy eat in the car during their long trip?

5. What does Daisy think Hoke witnessing the lynching has to do with her temple being bombed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What offer does Jeanette Harris make to Hoke?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Daisy think the people who bombed her temple did it by accident?

9. What does Daisy say Florine sounds like when she tries to sing holiday music?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Daisy decide to help Hoke learn how to read and write? What does this choice show us about her character? What does the reader/viewer learn about her from the way she chooses to teach him?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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