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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what does Boo blame Lala's behavior?
(a) Not getting enough sleep the night before.
(b) Having caught the measles when she was a child, missing a lot of school, and not making friends.
(c) Being too excited about "Gone with the Wind."
(d) Not having a prospective husband in mind.

2. Why does Reba say that Lala came home from Michigan?
(a) She did not have enough money.
(b) She had no friends.
(c) She was homesick.
(d) She had flunked out.

3. What does Joe do?
(a) He changes the subject.
(b) He asks to use the restroom.
(c) He leaves.
(d) He joins in the conversation of this topic.

4. What does Adolph look at Joe and wonder?
(a) Why Boo would think Joe would be interested in the Ballyhoo.
(b) Why Lala is interested in this man.
(c) Why Joe is still here.
(d) Where Joe's family is located.

5. Who is Sunny?
(a) Reba's daughter who attends Wellesley College.
(b) Adolph's daughter who is visiting from New York City.
(c) Boo's other daughter and Lala's sister.
(d) Reba's neice who lives down the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Joe Farkas, a young man from New York, be taking over?

2. What does Lala complain that instead of fighting about Christmas trees, they should all be doing?

3. What is Lala Levy doing as she decorates a Christmas tree while her aunt Reba watches and knits?

4. What does she tell him about her family?

5. About what does Lala complain as she is leaving?

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