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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Boo accuse Adolph of playing favorites?
(a) Sunny is prettier than Lala.
(b) He never cared for Lala's father, Boo's husband DeWald.
(c) He does not like Boo, so he does not like Lala.
(d) It is obvious that Adolph likes Lala more than Sunny.

3. As Reba runs upstairs to put on a dress, what does Boo ask Adolph?
(a) What has upset Reba.
(b) What he wants for dinner.
(c) Where he and Reba are going.
(d) What has upset him so much.

4. What does Reba do when Lala says she is holding out hopes for another boy named Ferdy Nachman?
(a) Reba warns her off him.
(b) Boo warns her off him.
(c) Reba encourages her to hold out.
(d) Reba asks who this boy is.

5. When Boo asks whether Sylvan asked her to Ballyhoo, how does Lala reply?
(a) No, he does not want to go with her.
(b) It did not come up and adds that she has hopes for someone else.
(c) Yes, so she needs to buy a new dress.
(d) No, he is taking his cousin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lala lift from the lobby of the movie theatre?

3. To what does this statement lead?

4. Where is Louisa, their cook, going to work?

5. What does Louisa say when Boo asks her why she changed jobs?

(see the answer key)

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