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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 Adolph tell Sunny after Reba is gone?

2. What does Reba think the consequences are of higher education?

3. What does Adolph look at Joe and wonder?

4. What does Sunny describe as a bunch of Jewish people trying to be Episcopalians?

5. How are Sunny and Joe left alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Over what do Boo and Reba argue? Why do they wake up Adolph?

3. How does this scene open?

4. How do Joe and Sunny meet?

5. How does Sunny respond when Joe seems doubtful and does not seem to believe what she has to say?

6. What does boo think Lala should have on her mind, instead of movie stars?

7. What does Lala convince her mother to do for the dance?

8. Is Peachy allergic to nuts?

9. What happens after Joe leaves?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe and Sunny have a mutual attraction.

Part 1) Why are they attracted to one another? How does their attraction make later conflicts more dramatic?

Part 2) What do others think of their mutual attraction? Do the others accept it? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do the qualities they find attractive in one another also lead to the conflict between them?

Essay Topic 2

The theme runs deeper than initially thought.

Part 1) How has the theme grown deeper, and how does it relate to the interaction between people?

Part 2) How do Joe and Sunny demonstrate this deeper meaning?

Part 3) How can the reader or audience member incorporate this theme into his or her own life?

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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