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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. The next morning, what are Boo and Reba doing?

2. Where does he believe Sunny will not be going?

3. Who is the author of her book?

4. What does Adolph remind Boo about Sunny's father?

5. Why was Adolph unable to fit DeWald in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Sunny surprise Reba at the end of the scene? How does Reba feel about this?

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

5. What do Sunny and Joe say about their college majors?

6. What does Joe say about the Y?

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

8. What does Lala say about her experience at a Passover supper?

9. How are Peachy and Joe left alone?

10. What takes place at Ballyhoo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is known early on that Joe is different from the rest of the characters.

Part 1) How is he different? Why is he so different?

Part 2) How is his character important in this play? Could the play exist without him? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does he influence the other characters? Why is he able to be so influential?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

There is a love triangle between Joe, Lala, and Sunny.

Part 1) How does this love triangle come to be? What is the author's purpose for this love triangle?

Part 2) What is the outcome of this love triangle? How does it affect?

Part 3) Are you surprised by this love triangle? Why or why not?

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