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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sunny not know?

2. What does Lala do after this happens?

3. What does he call the Christmas tree?

4. Who does this guest lie and say he is taking to the dance?

5. For whom is the Progressive Club?

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

Two important symbols set up how non-observant the Jewish family is.

Part 1) What are these two symbols? How do they show how unobservant they are?

Part 2) What is the significance of these two symbols?

Part 3) How are these symbols used throughout the rest of the play? Why are they used?

Essay Topic 3

Lala and her family have drifted from the traditions of their faith.

Part 1) How do you know this? Why have they drifted?

Part 2) Do they return to their faith at some point in the play? Why or why not?

Part 3) Will any of the family members ever truly understand what it means to practice religion? Why or why not?

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