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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Joe's response?
(a) His family is from Poland.
(b) His favorite food is Italian.
(c) He is a practicing Jew.
(d) His family does not celebrate Christmas, but adds that he will go home for Passover in the spring.

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

3. In the story Reba tells about a former neighbor, who boarded a train to start her second year at college, and did what?
(a) Began to work for the train company.
(b) Ran up and down the aisles of the train with her clothes off.
(c) Never came home.
(d) Had to be the train conductor.

4. To what does this statement lead?
(a) A discussion of what goes on at Ballyhoo.
(b) If he would like to go to Ballyhoo with Lala.
(c) If he has a girlfriend.
(d) What he would like for dinner next time he comes.

5. How does Lala respond when Boo says that Lala has to take her place in society?
(a) Because they are Jews, they have their own place in society.
(b) Because they're Jews, they have no place in society.
(c) They already have a place, because they live on a Protestant street.
(d) Because they are not practicing Jews, they have a place with the Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he comment about her studying?

2. What does he do as the scene ends?

3. What does Lala tell Joe to do?

4. What does Boo ask Adolph to pay attention to, rather than what's going on halfway across the world?

5. Why does Boo ask Adolph why he is going down to pick up Sunny at the train station?

(see the answer key)

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