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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 Joe do?

2. How does Sunny respond when Lala asks how they know each other?

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

4. What does Boo say as Lala storms up to her room telling them all to stop looking at her?

5. How does Joe respond when Sunny says that having a Christmas tree does not mean they are not Jewish?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How would Reba have acted, regarding Ballyhoo?

3. What does Adolph read in the paper? How do the other men react to this news?

4. How does Lala respond to her mother's question about Sylvan and Ballyhoo?

5. How does Sunny describe Ballyhoo?

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

7. Who is Peachy taking to the dance?

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

9. What do Peachy and Joe discuss?

10. What conversation takes place between Boo and Sylvan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The most important thing to Boo throughout the play is being socially acceptable.

Part 1) How do you know this is important to her? Why is it so?

Part 2) How does this need for acceptance affect decisions she makes?

Part 3) What does this desire for social acceptance reveal about her?

Essay Topic 2

Boo is in denial over several issues.

Part 1) What are these issues? Why is she unable to accept what other tell her?

Part 2) How does this denial reflect how important Judaism is in her life?

Part 3) How is the role Judaism plays in her life in conflict with the fact she is Jewish and others know she is Jewish? Why is she considered a Jew, even though she does not practice the religion?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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