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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does he tell her?
(a) He has the seat next to the window.
(b) He was asked to look in on her by Adolph
(c) He thinks she is pretty.
(d) He is on his way to New York City.

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

3. 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 is very attractive.
(d) He seems interested in her.

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

5. Why does Reba tell Sunny how proud she is of her?
(a) For growing up so differently from her.
(b) For not going to the dance.
(c) For liking a nice boy like Joe.
(d) For being so smart.

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

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

8. What will Joe Farkas, a young man from New York, be taking over?
(a) His place as head of the household.
(b) The Atlanta branch of the company.
(c) Some of the traveling at work.
(d) Adolph's company.

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

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

11. Of what does this news about Sylvan convince everyone?
(a) He is not taking Lala to Ballyhoo.
(b) He already has a date to Ballyhoo.
(c) He has already left to pick up his real date to Ballyhoo.
(d) He will be asking Lala to Ballyhoo.

12. When there is a knock at the door, and Boo thinks it is the police, who is it?
(a) Adolph.
(b) Joe.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Sylvan.

13. How does Lala respond when Boo says that Lala has to take her place in society?
(a) Because they're Jews, they have no place in society.
(b) They already have a place, because they live on a Protestant street.
(c) Because they are Jews, they have their own place in society.
(d) Because they are not practicing Jews, they have a place with the Christians.

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

15. What does Boo do when Reba asks some embarrassing questions?
(a) She tells her to be quiet.
(b) She begins to laugh.
(c) She takes her off into the kitchen.
(d) She apologizes for Reba's rude behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Adolph say is coming to dinner?

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

3. Why does Boo respond to Lala by saying she should be doing something more constructive, like calling Sylvan?

4. What was his major?

5. What does Joe realize?

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