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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. When Adolph can see that Joe and Sunny want to spend time alone, what does he suggest?

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

3. What will Lala not find out?

4. Why did he have to drop out of college?

5. How had Reba felt when she was young about Ballyhoo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adolph reminds Boo about Sunny's father?

2. Over what do Boo and Reba argue? Why do they wake up Adolph?

3. About what do Joe and Sunny talk, regarding her family's religious beliefs?

4. What does Adolph explain about the club?

5. Why does Lala decide she cannot go to the dance?

6. What exciting thing has happened to Lala?

7. Why does Sunny not get a chance to respond to Joe invite to Ballyhoo?

8. What does Joe say about the Y?

9. What does Lala say about her experience at a Passover supper?

10. How would Reba have acted, regarding Ballyhoo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play's final moments bring the play full circle.

Part 1) How does this happen? How has this family changed over the course of the play?

Part 2) What or who has been the catalyst of change?

Part 3) Will this be a permanent change? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The title of the play is "Last Night of Ballyhoo."

Part 1) What is Ballyhoo? What is the meaning of this title?

Part 2) What is significant about the title?

Part 3) How does this title support the central theme of the play?

Essay Topic 3

There is a great deal of tension in this play.

Part 1) Give two examples of this tension. Why does this tension exist?

Part 2) How do the attitudes and opinions of those outside the family play in the family's identity?

Part 3) How does the tension in Europe reinforce the tension in this family's home and in American society?

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