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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. What does Lala say when Boo asks her why she wants to go down to the theater?
(a) She confesses that she is writing a book about the South that she's convinced is going to become a movie.
(b) She would like to get a job as an usher at the theatre.
(c) She wants to the the new movie, "Gone with the Wind."
(d) She confesses she would like to be a movie director some day.

2. What does Joe do?
(a) He changes the subject.
(b) He joins in the conversation of this topic.
(c) He asks to use the restroom.
(d) He leaves.

3. What does Boo suggest that Lala should have on her mind?
(a) Other things, such as who is going to take her to Ballyhoo in a couple of weeks.
(b) Other things, such as what she will sing in the Christmas pagent.
(c) Other things, such as what gifts she would like for Christmas.
(d) Other things, such as her school work.

4. What does this man invite Sunny to do?
(a) Give him her number.
(b) Go to Ballyhoo.
(c) Join him for dinner.
(d) Visit him in New York City.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reba ask about Passover?

2. What does Lala eagerly observe about Joe?

3. What does he comment about her studying?

4. What is Lala Levy doing as she decorates a Christmas tree while her aunt Reba watches and knits?

5. What will Joe Farkas, a young man from New York, be taking over?

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