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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Reba describe the girl?
(a) As being "a great friend."
(b) As being of "the other kind."
(c) As being "the smartest girl I know."
(d) As being "a little odd."

2. Who is Sylvan?
(a) Sunny and Lala's cousin.
(b) The boy with whom Boo wants Lala to go to Ballyhoo.
(c) Lala's brother.
(d) The boy next door.

3. Why does Lala say the tree cannot have a star?
(a) Because she would rather have an angel at the top.
(b) Because the star symbolizes the birth of the Messiah, and the family is Jewish.
(c) Because she does not like stars.
(d) Because the tree is too tall for an ornament at the top.

4. What does Sunny say about reading her book?
(a) Train rides are good for reading Shakespeare.
(b) She too loves Jane Austen.
(c) Reading communist writing does not make a person into one.
(d) She would like to be a model for Vogue, someday.

5. What is Lala Levy doing as she decorates a Christmas tree while her aunt Reba watches and knits?
(a) Singing Christmas carols.
(b) Humming to herself.
(c) Singing Jewish songs.
(d) Listening to the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lala and her mother go to get ready?

2. To whom was young Reba similar?

3. What does Sunny describe as a bunch of Jewish people trying to be Episcopalians?

4. What does Sunny tell Reba that she is actually going to?

5. What does Lala say when Boo asks her why she wants to go down to the theater?

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