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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Sunny apologize?
(a) Dancing with Peachy.
(b) Not telling him about the club.
(c) Taking him to Ballyhoo.
(d) Becoming angry.

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

3. How does Joe seem after Peachy's comment about the club?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Confused.

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

5. For what are Peachy, dressed in a tux, and Joe, dressed in a plain dark suit, waiting?
(a) Their dates for Ballyhoo to come downstairs.
(b) To go to a movie premier.
(c) Their dates to return from the store.
(d) To attend a wedding.

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

7. 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.

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

9. What is Adolph's response to Joe's thoughts about Boo not liking him?
(a) Boo likes everyone.
(b) Boo does not really like anybody.
(c) Boo is mean.
(d) Boo does not like Joe.

10. How does Lala react to this greeting?
(a) She is very embarrassed.
(b) She is very excited.
(c) She is angry to receive this greeting.
(d) She is so surprised to hear this that she faints.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Peachy's parents say it is okay?

2. What do Reba and Boo do when this guest arrives?

3. How does Adolph react when Lala asks him to dance with her?

4. What happens when Joe and Sunny start dancing too?

5. What is gone?

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