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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. What does Sunny tell Reba that she is actually going to?

2. What does he tell her?

3. About what does Reba tell Sunny she is glad?

4. What takes place at Ballyhoo?

5. On what does Boo blame Lala's behavior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the play end?

3. What conversation takes place between Boo and Sylvan?

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

5. What takes place between Joe and Sunny?

6. Why does Lala want to go to the theatre?

7. How do Peachy and Joe react to their dates' appearance?

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

9. When does Sunny talk about Joe? What does she say?

10. From where do Lala and Boo return? What does Lala have with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the play is "Last Night of Ballyhoo."

Part 1) What is Ballyhoo? What is the meaning of this title?

Part 2) What is significant about the title?

Part 3) How does this title support the central theme of the play?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

There is a serious confrontation between Joe and Sunny towards the end of the first act.

Part 1) Describe this confrontation. Why does it take place?

Part 2) How do the aspects that they first found attractive about one another now cause tension?

Part 3) How does the love triangle play into all of this tension and hostility? What is the connection between this hostility and the theme?

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