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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 Hoke mean when he says "Yassum" to Daisy?

2. What "gain" does Boolie talk about during the acceptance speech he gives when he wins his award?

3. What is Daisy supposed to be wearing when she first becomes disoriented?

4. Why does Daisy tell Hoke to eat anything out of the icebox during the ice storm?

5. Because she has a chauffeur, what does Daisy worry her fellow temple-goers will think she is trying to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daisy not like where Hoke picks her up from temple the first time?

2. What does Daisy think a chauffeur is going to do while at her house all day?

3. What does Hoke have to say about the stereotypes that exist about Jews?

4. When Hoke says that "always be the same ones" in response to Daisy's question about who bombed the temple, who does he mean?

5. What specialty of Idealla's can Hoke and Daisy *not* replicate?

6. What is the first "bad act" that Daisy accuses Florine of doing in the play?

7. Why does Hoke know how to drive on ice?

8. What happens to Daisy when Hoke exits the car during their ride back from Mobile?

9. What does Daisy say Old Man Freitag would definitely not approve of during the holidays?

10. How does Boolie react when he hears Daisy call Hoke "handy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Daisy so uncomfortable when speaking about her money? Describe at least 3 examples of when this discomfort arises in the text and what we learn from the scene as well as from her behavior.

Essay Topic 2

Will the themes present in Driving Miss Daisy still be present 50 years from now? If so, why? If not, why not? Make sure to address at least three themes from the play in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one character from the novel and discuss how that character's race both limits and does not limit what Uhry is able to do with them as a character.

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