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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the man say he has to go?
(a) To bed.
(b) To work.
(c) Home.
(d) To dinner.

3. For whom is the Progressive Club?
(a) It is for the old Jews.
(b) It is where "the other kind" of Jews belong.
(c) It is where "his kind" of Jews belong.
(d) It is for the non-Jews.

4. Of what does Boo accuse Adolph?
(a) Giving more money to Reba and Sunny.
(b) Keeping both her and DeWald out of the family business.
(c) Keeping the family inheritance for himself.
(d) Paying Sunny's college tuition.

5. For what are Peachy, dressed in a tux, and Joe, dressed in a plain dark suit, waiting?
(a) To attend a wedding.
(b) To go to a movie premier.
(c) Their dates for Ballyhoo to come downstairs.
(d) Their dates to return from the store.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Peachy do when he sees Lala?

4. How does Joe respond when Sunny says that having a Christmas tree does not mean they are not Jewish?

5. What does Joe realize?

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