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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lala complain that instead of fighting about Christmas trees, they should all be doing?
(a) Getting ready for Christmas dinner.
(b) Preparing a meal for the first day of Chanuka.
(c) Celebrating because Clark Gable and other movie stars are in town for the world premiere of Gone with the Wind just a few blocks away.
(d) Decorating the tree together.

2. Why does Boo finally wake up Adolph?
(a) So he can have the final word.
(b) So he can say good night to Joe.
(c) So he can stop being rude.
(d) So he can clean up the kitchen from dinner.

3. What does Lala eagerly observe about Joe?
(a) He will be coming back later in the week.
(b) He will be around for Ballyhoo.
(c) He seems interested in her.
(d) He is very attractive.

4. What was his major?
(a) Biology.
(b) Music.
(c) Art.
(d) Business.

5. How had Reba felt when she was young about Ballyhoo?
(a) Silly aout going.
(b) Not interested in going.
(c) Worried about going.
(d) Nervous about going.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might Louisa have felt when Boo asked her if she knew anything about some money missing off Adolph's bureau?

2. What does Adolph look at Joe and wonder?

3. What will Joe Farkas, a young man from New York, be taking over?

4. Who starts a conversation with Sunny?

5. How does Joe respond to this information?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what do Joe and Sunny talk, regarding her family's religious beliefs?

2. What takes place at Ballyhoo?

3. How does Joe respond when Lala talks about being happy about living on a mostly Protestant street?

4. How does Joe react to Peachy's comments about the Standard Club and the Progressive Club? What does Peachy explain?

5. What is Adolph's excuse for why Boo and her husband were not involved in the family business?

6. How would Reba have acted, regarding Ballyhoo?

7. What does Sunny say to Joe, when he comes up to her?

8. Why do Peachy's parents accept Lala? How do Boo and Adolph feel about this?

9. Why does Boo convince Lala to go to the dance?

10. How does Sunny describe Ballyhoo?

(see the answer keys)

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