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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After some small talk about how Joe got his job with Adolph, what does Joe ask?
(a) If Sunny will go to Ballyhoo with him.
(b) If her family practices their faith.
(c) Where is Sunny's family is from.
(d) Whether Sunny and her family really are Jewish.

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

4. What is Sunny's major?
(a) English.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Sociology.

5. About what do Sunny and Adolph chat?
(a) The way they used to play cards when Sunny was little.
(b) The weather.
(c) Joe.
(d) Adolph's job.

6. Why does Lala say the tree cannot have a star?
(a) Because the tree is too tall for an ornament at the top.
(b) Because she would rather have an angel at the top.
(c) Because the star symbolizes the birth of the Messiah, and the family is Jewish.
(d) Because she does not like stars.

7. What does Joe say he is glad to do?
(a) Be a part of this family's evening.
(b) Help out in the kitchen.
(c) Speak with Lala.
(d) Meet Lala.

8. Why did he have to drop out of college?
(a) His father died and he had to go back home to work.
(b) College was not a good path for him.
(c) He did not pass enough classes.
(d) His father told him he needed to go to work in the family business.

9. To whom was young Reba similar?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Boo.
(d) Lala.

10. Who is Sylvan?
(a) Lala's brother.
(b) Sunny and Lala's cousin.
(c) The boy next door.
(d) The boy with whom Boo wants Lala to go to Ballyhoo.

11. What does Adolph say about Hitler going into Poland?
(a) He will not take over Poland.
(b) It does not look good.
(c) The Americans will get him.
(d) He is a crazy man.

12. How does Sunny respond when Lala asks how they know each other?
(a) They met on a bus.
(b) They met at the train station.
(c) They met in college.
(d) They met on the train.

13. What does this man invite Sunny to do?
(a) Give him her number.
(b) Go to Ballyhoo.
(c) Visit him in New York City.
(d) Join him for dinner.

14. 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) Because they are not practicing Jews, they have a place with the Christians.
(d) They already have a place, because they live on a Protestant street.

15. Who is Sunny's father?
(a) Adolph.
(b) Adolph and Boo's oldest brother Simon.
(c) Adolph's cousin.
(d) Boo's deceased husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Lala not find out?

2. What does Boo convince Lala to do, regarding Sylvan?

3. What does Adolph do as Reba and Boo clear the table?

4. According to Reba what are two kinds of European Jews?

5. What does Boo do to discover that Sylvan left with his tuxedo and dancing shoes?

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