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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who starts a conversation with Sunny?

2. What does Louisa say when Boo asks her why she changed jobs?

3. What is Joe's response?

4. What does he comment about her studying?

5. What does Reba comment to herself, regarding Sunny?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe react to the knowledge he gains from Peachy?

2. What had Sunny's professor said about religion?

3. From where does Joe return? What does he have with him?

4. Why does Joe think Sunny will not attend Ballyhoo?

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

6. How does Boo respond to Adolph's comment about Hitler?

7. How does the family react to Peachy's arrival?

8. What is learned about Sylvan and whether or not he is taking Lala to the dance?

9. What does Reba say about the two types of Jews?

10. What are the various characters doing the next morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a central theme in this play.

Part 1) What is this theme? How do you know this is a central theme?

Part 2) How do these characters change throughout the play based on this theme? What do they each discover?

Part 3) What is the author's purpose for the reader or audience, according to the theme? What is the reader or audience member supposed to learn?

Essay Topic 2

Boo has low self-esteem.

Part 1) How do you know this? Why does she have low self-esteem?

Part 2) How does Boo treat others? Why does she do this?

Part 3) How do her insecurities affect the choices she makes, as well as her relationships with others?

Essay Topic 3

There is a great deal of tension in this play.

Part 1) Give two examples of this tension. Why does this tension exist?

Part 2) How do the attitudes and opinions of those outside the family play in the family's identity?

Part 3) How does the tension in Europe reinforce the tension in this family's home and in American society?

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