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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. Why does Sunny go up?

2. What does Joe realize?

3. Where is Louisa, their cook, going to work?

4. After some small talk about how Joe got his job with Adolph, what does Joe ask?

5. The next morning, what is Sunny doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Peachy and Joe discuss?

2. How does Lala respond to her mother's question about Sylvan and Ballyhoo?

3. Who is Peachy taking to the dance?

4. Why does Boo convince Lala to go to the dance?

5. What happens after Joe leaves?

6. What does Joe say about the Y?

7. How does Joe react to Peachy's comments about the Standard Club and the Progressive Club? What does Peachy explain?

8. How do Joe and Sunny meet?

9. How does this scene open?

10. How would Reba have acted, regarding Ballyhoo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationships between Boo and Lala and Reba and Sunny are very different.

Part 1) Describe these mother-daughter relationships. Use evidence from the play to support your description.

Part 2) Why are their relationships the way they are?

Part 3) How do these relationships reveal more about each woman's character, as well as how they relate to others?

Essay Topic 2

Lala and her family have drifted from the traditions of their faith.

Part 1) How do you know this? Why have they drifted?

Part 2) Do they return to their faith at some point in the play? Why or why not?

Part 3) Will any of the family members ever truly understand what it means to practice religion? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Two important symbols set up how non-observant the Jewish family is.

Part 1) What are these two symbols? How do they show how unobservant they are?

Part 2) What is the significance of these two symbols?

Part 3) How are these symbols used throughout the rest of the play? Why are they used?

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