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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sunny do when she joins her family?
(a) She hugs them.
(b) She lights the Sabbath Candles, and recites the Jewish Sabbath Prayer.
(c) She puts the star on the Christmas tree.
(d) She serves dinner.

2. What does Boo explain to Adolph?
(a) She had to do what she did because she could not allow Lala to go to the dance with a boy like Peachy.
(b) Lala has to face her fears.
(c) She had to do what she did because she did not think Lala would get another chance.
(d) Lala needs to grow up and not worry about what others think.

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

4. What does Adolph do when Joe asks what he means that the club is restricted?
(a) Adolph tells him he cannot go.
(b) Adolph tells him to truth about the club.
(c) Adolph makes a joke, saying it is restricted to those who eat too much.
(d) Adolph says the club is restricted to members only.

5. What does Joe do when Sunny makes a mistake in Yiddish?
(a) He corrects her gently.
(b) He leaves.
(c) He laughs at her.
(d) He angrily corrects her.

6. Who brought Sunny home from the dance?
(a) Joe.
(b) Peachy.
(c) Lala.
(d) Harold.

7. What does Sunny know when Joe suggests she should have a pretty good idea about what happened?
(a) She says she should never have gone with Joe.
(b) She knows she should have told him the truth.
(c) She knows she did something wrong.
(d) She says she does not know at all.

8. What does Lala do after this happens?
(a) She rushes upstairs in tears.
(b) She helps Sunny fix her torn dress.
(c) She puts ice on an injured ankle.
(d) She glares at Joe.

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

10. After this small talk, what does Peachy ask Joe?
(a) Whether he really likes Sunny.
(b) If he is a Jew.
(c) Whether this is his first time at the Standard Club.
(d) Where he works.

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

12. What happens after Joe leaves, and Sunny stands center stage and thinks?
(a) The lights come up on Peachy and Lala.
(b) The lights come up on her mother.
(c) The lights come up on her home.
(d) The lights come up on her school.

13. How does Peachy respond when Joe asks whether Sunny knew this?
(a) No, she does not know much about the club.
(b) Yes, but she thinks Joe is a German Jew.
(c) No, she does not know this.
(d) He tells him that Adolph used to be a past president of the Standard Club.

14. Why is Boo upset about the gift?
(a) She is upset with Louisa.
(b) She hates watermelon pickles.
(c) She does not celebrate Christmas.
(d) She hates fruit cake.

15. Who rings the doorbell?
(a) The police.
(b) Joe.
(c) Sylvan "Peachy" Weil.
(d) A neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adolph say when Joe says goodnight and starts for his car?

2. What is gone?

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

4. Who does this guest lie and say he is taking to the dance?

5. How does Adolph respond when Boo says she thought they were going to be happy and asks what happened?

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