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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Ballyhoo tickets free?
(a) Adolph refuses to allow Joe to pay for the tickets.
(b) Adolph paid for them.
(c) Adolph won two free tickets.
(d) Adolph is a vice president of the country club where the dance is being held.

2. Why does Lala protest that she cannot go?
(a) She will be humiliated if Dorothy sees her.
(b) She is afraid Peachy's mother will be there.
(c) She doe not like Dorothy.
(d) She is nervous to see Sally.

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

4. What does Peachy say that he might be interested in doing?
(a) Moving back to Europe.
(b) Going to Hollywood.
(c) Coming to work for Adolph.
(d) Getting married within the month.

5. How does Joe respond to Sunny, with a sarcastic Southern accent?
(a) He tells her he does not like Jews.
(b) I'm just a Jew from Poland.
(c) He accuses her of being a Jew hater.
(d) He quotes Rhett Butler," "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

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

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

8. What does Peachy do when he sees Lala?
(a) He runs up to her to pin on her corsage.
(b) He faints.
(c) He teases her about not being dressed up enough.
(d) He gives her a kiss on the cheek.

9. Why does Boo rush around making sure the house is clean and tidy?
(a) For Joe.
(b) For Sylvan.
(c) For Louisa.
(d) For the family.

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

11. For whom is the Standard Club?
(a) Only American Jews.
(b) Only German Jews.
(c) Only Eastern European Jews.
(d) Only non-Jews.

12. What happens to Peachy and Joe when the girls do this?
(a) They order the dinner for the girls.
(b) They dance with other girls.
(c) They are left alone.
(d) They are surrounded by other girls.

13. For whom is the Progressive Club?
(a) It is where "his kind" of Jews belong.
(b) It is where "the other kind" of Jews belong.
(c) It is for the old Jews.
(d) It is for the non-Jews.

14. What makes Adolph refer to Lala as "Scarlett O'Goldberg?"
(a) Her dress looks like something out of "Gone with the Wind."
(b) She is quoting from "Gone with the Wind."
(c) Her hair is styled like Scarlett O'Hara's.
(d) She puts on a thick southern accent like Scarlett O'Hara.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe say when Sunny asks what happened?

2. What does Joe tell Sunny all she has to do?

3. Why does Peachy not seem to care about what is going on in Europe?

4. What is Adolph's response to Joe's thoughts about Boo not liking him?

5. What does Sunny not know?

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