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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a train stopping over in Baltimore, what is Reba's daughter, Sunny, doing?
(a) Sits reading
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Sneezing.
(d) Singing.

2. What does Reba do when Lala says she is holding out hopes for another boy named Ferdy Nachman?
(a) Reba encourages her to hold out.
(b) Reba warns her off him.
(c) Boo warns her off him.
(d) Reba asks who this boy is.

3. What is she reading?
(a) Shakespeare sonnets.
(b) A book by a Communist writer.
(c) A novel.
(d) A magazine.

4. What does Lala tell Joe to do?
(a) Watch television.
(b) Go with her to Ballyhoo.
(c) Come up with the name of the central family in her novel.
(d) Sing Christmas carols.

5. What does Boo ask him?
(a) If he is a practicing Jew.
(b) Where his family is from.
(c) What is his favorite meal.
(d) Whether he will be going home for Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Boo finally wake up Adolph?

2. What does Adolph look at Joe and wonder?

3. How does Lala respond when Boo says that Lala has to take her place in society?

4. What does Reba ask about Passover?

5. Why does Reba toast Joe?

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