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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Joe apologizes and Adolph says it's not really a big deal, what does Reba do?
(a) She tells Boo to calm down.
(b) She calls down for Lala to come up and help with the dress.
(c) She calls down for Sunny to come up and help with the dress.
(d) She tells Adolph to send for the doctor.

3. 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 says the club is restricted to members only.
(d) Adolph makes a joke, saying it is restricted to those who eat too much.

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

5. What do Reba and Boo do when this guest arrives?
(a) They give him the watermelon pickles.
(b) They give him a hug.
(c) They leave the room.
(d) They introduce themselves.

6. Why does Peachy not seem to care about what is going on in Europe?
(a) His family has been in Louisiana for a hundred and fifty years.
(b) His family is too busy to care about what is happening in Europe.
(c) He is not of European descent.
(d) He does not like Europe.

7. Why can the guest not have nuts?
(a) He cannot bite down on them.
(b) He is fatally allergic.
(c) He hates them.
(d) He is mildly allergic.

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

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

10. How do Lala and this guest greet each other?
(a) They greet one another very shyly.
(b) The guest says hello, but Lala is too shocked to speak.
(c) The hug each other.
(d) They say hello to each other in a mocking-teasing kind of way.

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

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

13. After a few moments, why does Lala come in and shout for her mother?
(a) Peachy had left her at the dance.
(b) She has torn her dress.
(c) Peachy has asked her to marry him.
(d) She is tired of hearing Joe and Sunny argue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Adolph refer to Lala as "Scarlett O'Goldberg?"

2. What does Sunny do when she joins her family?

3. How does Joe seem after Peachy's comment about the club?

4. What Christmas gift does Reba accept from Louisa?

5. How does Joe respond to Sunny, with a sarcastic Southern accent?

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