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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sunny go up?
(a) To get her purse.
(b) To get more books to study.
(c) To air out her dress.
(d) To take a nap.

2. What does Adolph look at Joe and wonder?
(a) Why Lala is interested in this man.
(b) Why Joe is still here.
(c) Where Joe's family is located.
(d) Why Boo would think Joe would be interested in the Ballyhoo.

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

4. What is Joe's response?
(a) His favorite food is Italian.
(b) His family does not celebrate Christmas, but adds that he will go home for Passover in the spring.
(c) He is a practicing Jew.
(d) His family is from Poland.

5. Why does Boo finally wake up Adolph?
(a) So he can clean up the kitchen from dinner.
(b) So he can stop being rude.
(c) So he can have the final word.
(d) So he can say good night to Joe.

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

7. What does Boo ask Adolph to pay attention to, rather than what's going on halfway across the world?
(a) What is going on in his own home.
(b) What is going on in the United States.
(c) What is gong on in Atlanta.
(d) What is going on in Georgia.

8. On a train stopping over in Baltimore, what is Reba's daughter, Sunny, doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Sneezing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Sits reading

9. About what do Adolph and Sunny chat, right before Reba goes up to bed?
(a) Sunny's life at university.
(b) Sunny's childhood.
(c) Adolph's weekend.
(d) Their plans for Sunny's vacation.

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

11. Who starts a conversation with Sunny?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Joe.
(c) Adolph.
(d) Sylvan.

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

13. What does Louisa say when Boo asks her why she changed jobs?
(a) Boo is bothersome.
(b) Boo already knew why.
(c) She does not want to work for Jews.
(d) She does not like Boo.

14. What does Joe realize?
(a) He likes Lala.
(b) Dessert had not been served yet.
(c) It is late.
(d) He forgot to turn off the lights in his home.

15. How are Sunny and Joe left alone?
(a) The family goes for a walk.
(b) The family goes to the kitchen.
(c) Lala goes out to make coffee; Boo and Adolph go up to bed.
(d) Lala goes to visit Sylvan; Boo and Adolph go to make coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story Reba tells about a former neighbor, who boarded a train to start her second year at college, and did what?

2. What does Adolph remind Boo about Sunny's father?

3. What does Reba think the consequences are of higher education?

4. What is Lala Levy doing as she decorates a Christmas tree while her aunt Reba watches and knits?

5. To what does this statement lead?

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