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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reba tell him he can do with the sweater?

2. What does Sunny know when Joe suggests she should have a pretty good idea about what happened?

3. To what does Joe compare his experience that night?

4. What do Reba and Boo do when this guest arrives?

5. What does Joe do when he sees how beautiful Sunny is?

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 tearing of Lala's dress is symbolic.

Part 1) How does Lala's dress get torn? What is symbolic about this?

Part 2) What is the connection between this symbolism and the theme?

Part 3) What is ironic about the meaning behind the tearing of the dress and the relationship between Joe and Sunny?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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