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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does Lala find out that Sylvan has already left?
(a) The housekeeper.
(b) His father.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His mother.

2. What does Boo come downstairs and do?
(a) Begin to cry.
(b) Announces that the girls are ready.
(c) Call for Adolph.
(d) Start dinner.

3. Why does Peachy not seem to care about what is going on in Europe?
(a) He is not of European descent.
(b) His family is too busy to care about what is happening in Europe.
(c) He does not like Europe.
(d) His family has been in Louisiana for a hundred and fifty years.

4. How does Joe respond to this information?
(a) He is surprised she is interested in Shakespeare.
(b) She does not look like a communist.
(c) He loves Jane Austen.
(d) She could be in Vogue.

5. What does Sunny say about reading her book?
(a) Reading communist writing does not make a person into one.
(b) Train rides are good for reading Shakespeare.
(c) She would like to be a model for Vogue, someday.
(d) She too loves Jane Austen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Reba react to this news?

2. Why does Lala protest that she cannot go?

3. On a train stopping over in Baltimore, what is Reba's daughter, Sunny, doing?

4. What does Boo explain to Adolph?

5. What is Sunny's major?

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