View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sunny say does not matter to her?
(a) That her family is from Eastern Europe.
(b) That he is not a Jew.
(c) That her family members are not practicing Jews.
(d) That "other kind" of stuff.

5. What does Joe tell Sunny all she has to do?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Go to a synagogue.
(c) Call him when she gets to school.
(d) Think of something good, and together they will make it happen.

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

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

8. 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 gasps.
(d) She begins to laugh.

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

10. How does Joe leave?
(a) Happily.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Nervously.

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

12. What does Adolph say when Joe asks him about the news from Poland?
(a) It is not good.
(b) It is okay.
(c) It is the same.
(d) It is positive.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adolph explain about the Jewish club?

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

3. What is Sunny doing on the train?

4. What does Lala do when Boo tells her to go upstairs, work on her novel, and pack up the dress to be returned?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 646 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample