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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had Reba felt when she was young about Ballyhoo?
(a) Nervous about going.
(b) Not interested in going.
(c) Silly aout going.
(d) Worried about going.

2. Why does Boo ask Adolph why he is going down to pick up Sunny at the train station?
(a) Sunny knows her way home perfectly well.
(b) She wants him to pick up some groceries instead.
(c) Whether or not she has a lot of luggage.
(d) Sunny can walk home.

3. What does he comment about her studying?
(a) She should write her own novel.
(b) She sould recite some Shakespeare for him.
(c) She will have a lot to do over the holidays.
(d) He cannot wait to see her fashion designs.

4. What takes place at Ballyhoo?
(a) Hayrides, wiener roasts, parties and on the last night, a huge dance.
(b) A silent auction.
(c) A formal cocktail party and dance.
(d) A premier of the latest popular movie.

5. Where do Lala and her mother go to get ready?
(a) Downstairs.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) In Boo's bedroom.

6. 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.

7. What does he do as the scene ends?
(a) Leaves the train.
(b) He listens to Sunny recite a sonnet.
(c) He sits by Sunny.
(d) He shakes Sunny's hand.

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

9. What does Lala eagerly observe about Joe?
(a) He will be coming back later in the week.
(b) He will be around for Ballyhoo.
(c) He seems interested in her.
(d) He is very attractive.

10. 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.

11. The next morning, what is Sunny doing?
(a) Trying on her dress.
(b) Studying.
(c) Listening to the radio.
(d) Sleeping.

12. 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) Meet Lala.
(d) Speak with Lala.

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

14. How does Reba react to this news?
(a) She is disappointed.
(b) She congratulates her happily.
(c) She tells her she is making a good decision.
(d) She is surprised.

15. What does Lala say when Boo asks her why she wants to go down to the theater?
(a) She confesses that she is writing a book about the South that she's convinced is going to become a movie.
(b) She confesses she would like to be a movie director some day.
(c) She would like to get a job as an usher at the theatre.
(d) She wants to the the new movie, "Gone with the Wind."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this man do?

2. What happens before she has a chance to answer?

3. What is she reading?

4. To whom was young Reba similar?

5. Where does the man say he has to go?

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