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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lala pace nervously?
(a) She is unsure if Sylvan is going to take her to Ballyhoo.
(b) She is worried about Sunny.
(c) She cannot wait to see "Gone with the Wind."
(d) She is excited to go to Ballyhoo.

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

3. What does Boo say as Lala storms up to her room telling them all to stop looking at her?
(a) "That kike you hired has no manners."
(b) "That was very rude of you, Lala."
(c) "That Joe fella is very handsome."
(d) "When will we see that gentleman again?"

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

5. What does Boo tell Lala about Sylvan?
(a) He was the one who called, saying he wants to speak to her.
(b) She has called him to discuss Ballyhoo.
(c) He is coming for dinner.
(d) He is in town visiting for the week.

6. After some small talk about how Joe got his job with Adolph, what does Joe ask?
(a) If her family practices their faith.
(b) Where is Sunny's family is from.
(c) If Sunny will go to Ballyhoo with him.
(d) Whether Sunny and her family really are Jewish.

7. 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 calls the housekeeper back.
(d) She stops by his house and speaks with the housekeeper.

8. Who does Adolph say is coming to dinner?
(a) A fellow from the office.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) His cousin.
(d) A girlfriend.

9. Who is Sunny's father?
(a) Adolph.
(b) Boo's deceased husband.
(c) Adolph and Boo's oldest brother Simon.
(d) Adolph's cousin.

10. Why did he have to drop out of college?
(a) College was not a good path for him.
(b) His father told him he needed to go to work in the family business.
(c) His father died and he had to go back home to work.
(d) He did not pass enough classes.

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

12. Where does he believe Sunny will not be going?
(a) Home for the holidays.
(b) To Ballyhoo.
(c) Back to college.
(d) To the Shakespeare festival.

13. What does Lala tell Joe to do?
(a) Sing Christmas carols.
(b) Go with her to Ballyhoo.
(c) Watch television.
(d) Come up with the name of the central family in her novel.

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

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

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. The next morning, what are Reba and Adolph doing when Boo comes in with the morning paper?

3. What does Reba ask about Passover?

4. About what do Sunny and Adolph chat?

5. What is she reading?

(see the answer keys)

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