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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Christmas gift does Reba accept from Louisa?
(a) Watermelon pickles.
(b) Cookies.
(c) A fruit cake.
(d) A basket of citrus fruit.

2. What is Reba's response to the accident?
(a) She will call the doctor.
(b) Sunny can find another dress to wear.
(c) The rip is easily fixable.
(d) Lala should be more kind to Joe.

3. What does the family do as the lights fade to black?
(a) They exchange the Sabbath Blessing.
(b) They look at the Christmas tree.
(c) The begin to eat.
(d) They sing Christmas carols.

4. What does Reba tell him he can do with the sweater?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Take it to the thrift shop if he does not like it.
(c) Give it to Joe.
(d) Put it in the closet.

5. What does Sunny do when she says she does know a bit of Yiddish?
(a) She misquotes the Sabbath Blessing.
(b) She misquotes a Psalm.
(c) She misquotes a prayer.
(d) She misquotes a verse from Proverbs.

6. What does Peachy do to Joe, unintentionally?
(a) He humiliates him.
(b) He surprises him.
(c) He shocks him.
(d) He worries him.

7. What does Lala do when Boo tells her to go upstairs, work on her novel, and pack up the dress to be returned?
(a) She puts on her wrap and goes.
(b) She sits on the couch.
(c) She follows her instructions.
(d) She begins to cry.

8. What does Boo come downstairs and do?
(a) Announces that the girls are ready.
(b) Call for Adolph.
(c) Start dinner.
(d) Begin to cry.

9. Why does Joe think Boo does not like him?
(a) He does not live on a prominent street.
(b) He is too Jewish.
(c) He tore her daughter's dress.
(d) He is not wealthy enough.

10. To where do Lala and Sunny rush off?
(a) To see some friends.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The bar.
(d) The coat room.

11. What does Sunny do when she hears the conductor call out "All aboard?"
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She cries.
(c) She tells Joe good bye.
(d) She panics.

12. What does Joe say when Sunny asks what happened?
(a) He says he went to a movie.
(b) He says he went to get some dinner.
(c) He says he went for a drive.
(d) He says he went home.

13. What does Reba do as Adolph appears wearing the sweater Reba knitted him for Christmas?
(a) She begins to laugh.
(b) She gasps.
(c) She cries.
(d) She tries to calm down Boo.

14. Why do Peachy's parents say it is okay?
(a) The family goes all the way back on both sides.
(b) Lala's family is wealthy.
(c) They like Lala.
(d) Lala is a German Jew.

15. What does he call the Christmas tree?
(a) Strange.
(b) A Chanukah bush.
(c) A Chanukah tree.
(d) Pretty.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what are Peachy, dressed in a tux, and Joe, dressed in a plain dark suit, waiting?

2. To what does Joe compare his experience that night?

3. What does some of Peachy and Joe's small talk include?

4. What is gone?

5. Why does Lala protest that she cannot go?

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