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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Adolph unable to fit DeWald in?
(a) He did not like DeWald.
(b) DeWald was not trustworthy.
(c) It never worked out.
(d) DeWald was not intelligent enough.

2. 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.

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

4. The next morning, what are Reba and Adolph doing when Boo comes in with the morning paper?
(a) Reba is clearing away after breakfast and Adolph is doing some paperwork.
(b) Reba is cooking breakfast and Adolph is reading the newspaper.
(c) Reba is knitting and Adolph is snoozing.
(d) Reba is listening to the radio and Adolph is cooking breakfast.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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) Reading communist writing does not make a person into one.
(d) She too loves Jane Austen.

11. On what does Boo blame Lala's behavior?
(a) Not getting enough sleep the night before.
(b) Being too excited about "Gone with the Wind."
(c) Not having a prospective husband in mind.
(d) Having caught the measles when she was a child, missing a lot of school, and not making friends.

12. What does Boo do to discover that Sylvan left with his tuxedo and dancing shoes?
(a) She calls hi father.
(b) She calls his mother.
(c) She stops by his house and speaks with the housekeeper.
(d) She calls the housekeeper back.

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

14. What is Lala Levy doing as she decorates a Christmas tree while her aunt Reba watches and knits?
(a) Singing Jewish songs.
(b) Listening to the radio.
(c) Singing Christmas carols.
(d) Humming to herself.

15. How does Joe respond to this information?
(a) She could be in Vogue.
(b) She does not look like a communist.
(c) He is surprised she is interested in Shakespeare.
(d) He loves Jane Austen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sunny and Adolph do as Reba knits socks?

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

3. What was his major?

4. The next morning, what are Boo and Reba doing?

5. From where do Lala and Boo return?

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