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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. How did Hoke react to the lunching he witnesses?

2. What does Daisy think of the holiday lights Florine always puts up?

3. What is the motto of Boolie's business?

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

5. What is the one thing Boolie says Daisy can't do to Hoke?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't Boolie go with Daisy on her long trip to see her Uncle Walter?

2. Why does Hoke think Boolie's mother isn't involved with the hiring of her chauffeur herself?

3. Why does Hoke decline Jeanette Harris's offer?

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

5. How does Daisy treat Hoke when he first starts working for her?

6. How does Daisy feel about Florine's Christmas festivities?

7. In the preface, what does Uhry have to say about a real Hoke?

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

9. Who asks Hoke to replace the missing can of salmon?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Daisy is very concerned with keeping an appearance that does not draw attention to herself, yet she also makes some unconventional choices throughout the play. Discuss whether or not Daisy is a conformist, using specific examples and quotations from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether or not turning a play into a movie is a good idea and a fair way to treat a play. What challenges arise? What benefits are there?

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