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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Sunny's father done for Boo?
(a) He had given her many reasons to not trust him.
(b) He had given her the sterling silver she insisted upon when she got married.
(c) He had helped her raise Lala.
(d) He had loved her like a sister.

2. What does Lala say when Boo asks her why she wants to go down to the theater?
(a) She confesses she would like to be a movie director some day.
(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 that she is writing a book about the South that she's convinced is going to become a movie.

3. Boo says it is not enough to know that Sylvan is taking Lala to Ballyhoo. What does she need to know?
(a) Whether Sylvan likes her.
(b) Whether he is taking her to the dance on the last night.
(c) Whether Lala likes him.
(d) Whether Sylvan will propose.

4. What does Sunny describe as a bunch of Jewish people trying to be Episcopalians?
(a) The people living on her street.
(b) Actors in movies.
(c) Ballyhoo.
(d) The Synagogue.

5. According to Reba what are two kinds of European Jews?
(a) Those from Western Europe and those from Eastern Europe
(b) Those who speak English and those who do not.
(c) Those from Northern Europe and those from Southern Europe.
(d) Those from Germany and those from other countries.

6. What does he do as the scene ends?
(a) He listens to Sunny recite a sonnet.
(b) He sits by Sunny.
(c) Leaves the train.
(d) He shakes Sunny's hand.

7. Why does Boo ask Adolph why he is going down to pick up Sunny at the train station?
(a) Sunny can walk home.
(b) Whether or not she has a lot of luggage.
(c) Sunny knows her way home perfectly well.
(d) She wants him to pick up some groceries instead.

8. What will Joe Farkas, a young man from New York, be taking over?
(a) His place as head of the household.
(b) Some of the traveling at work.
(c) Adolph's company.
(d) The Atlanta branch of the company.

9. About what do Adolph and Sunny chat, right before Reba goes up to bed?
(a) Sunny's life at university.
(b) Their plans for Sunny's vacation.
(c) Sunny's childhood.
(d) Adolph's weekend.

10. How does Sunny respond when Lala asks how they know each other?
(a) They met in college.
(b) They met on the train.
(c) They met at the train station.
(d) They met on a bus.

11. What does Boo convince Lala to do, regarding Sylvan?
(a) Go to his house.
(b) Forget about him.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Call him.

12. Of what does Boo accuse Adolph?
(a) Keeping both her and DeWald out of the family business.
(b) Keeping the family inheritance for himself.
(c) Giving more money to Reba and Sunny.
(d) Paying Sunny's college tuition.

13. Why did he have to drop out of college?
(a) His father died and he had to go back home to work.
(b) He did not pass enough classes.
(c) His father told him he needed to go to work in the family business.
(d) College was not a good path for him.

14. What does Lala complain that instead of fighting about Christmas trees, they should all be doing?
(a) Getting ready for Christmas dinner.
(b) Decorating the tree together.
(c) Preparing a meal for the first day of Chanuka.
(d) Celebrating because Clark Gable and other movie stars are in town for the world premiere of Gone with the Wind just a few blocks away.

15. Who is Sunny's father?
(a) Adolph's cousin.
(b) Adolph.
(c) Boo's deceased husband.
(d) Adolph and Boo's oldest brother Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lala pace nervously?

2. Who is the author of her book?

3. What does Boo ask him?

4. About what do Sunny and Adolph chat?

5. What does Sunny say about reading her book?

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