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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How might Louisa have felt when Boo asked her if she knew anything about some money missing off Adolph's bureau?
(a) Louisa probably felt guilty for taking the money.
(b) Louisa probably felt accused of stealing and left in protest.
(c) Louisa probably fetlt angry for be accused of stealing.
(d) Louisa probably thought it was funny.

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

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

9. When Adolph can see that Joe and Sunny want to spend time alone, what does he suggest?
(a) They have coffee and cake.
(b) They all leave them alone.
(c) They go to bed.
(d) They all go for a walk.

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

11. How did she find the Passover supper?
(a) Scary.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Boring.
(d) Exciting.

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

13. What will Lala not find out?
(a) When she will see Sylvan again.
(b) Whether Sylvan is going to take her to the dance.
(c) Where Sylvan is going.
(d) Where she can find Sylvan.

14. What does this man do?
(a) He introduces himself.
(b) He glares at her.
(c) He tells her to move over.
(d) He sits next to her, silently.

15. How does Joe respond when Sunny says that having a Christmas tree does not mean they are not Jewish?
(a) It just means that they do not want to be Jewish.
(b) It just means they are confused.
(c) It just means they are both Jewish and Christian.
(d) It just means some are Christians and some are Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe say he is glad to do?

2. How had Reba felt when she was young about Ballyhoo?

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

4. What does Boo ask him?

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

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