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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the right hand side of the story?
(a) Kane hounding Thomas about justice and moral rectitude leading him deeper into his dilemma, and Bagby blackmailing him for 4,000 years of Christian guilt.
(b) There is no right hand side of Oscar's story.
(c) Thomas's trip north to take care of his uncle's property.
(d) The runaway slave, the invisible man haunting Thomas (and the entire play).

2. What does Christina say should have been an early sign Oscar would never please Father?
(a) When he gets in trouble with Father for not keeping his room clean.
(b) When Father said Christina was his favorite child.
(c) When is first ran away from home as a child.
(d) When he gets in trouble with Father for stripping the bark from a birch tree to build a canoe.

3. In the morning, about what does Oscar read?
(a) A drop in interest rates.
(b) His wildfires in California.
(c) His case being dismissed.
(d) The injuries, arrests, and a nationwide outpouring of grief for Spot.

4. Why will the state do nothing to help Oscar with his legal fees, according to Harry?
(a) The law profession is self-regulating.
(b) It is Oscar's responsibility to pay his fees.
(c) Oscar is the one to have accumulated them.
(d) The state does not have the money to help him.

5. Why does the clerk balk at destroying them?
(a) He does not want to have to build a fire.
(b) He does not want to destroy the beautiful letters.
(c) They belong to him and he wants to keep them.
(d) They belong to Oscar and Christina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oscar fail to notice Lily's new hairdo?

2. What does Christina insist about the movie's hero?

3. Why is Deedee out $80,000?

4. What news from Harry does Christina give to Oscar?

5. What does Jerry think will happen by having Bagby hungering for intelligent talk in an intellectual wasteland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oscar do when he is served a subpoena? What does Christina think about this?

2. What does Christina do about Oscar's legal bills? Why does she do this?

3. What is learned about Lily's breasts?

4. What might happen regarding the legal bills brought about from Oscars suit? Why is this?

5. What does Jerry think about Oscar's characters, Kane and Bagby?

6. Why do Christina and Lily find Oscar staring blankly in the library?

7. What connection is made between Lily and the law clerk?

8. Why is Lily's father unable to collect his son's insurance money?

9. What does Oscar plan to do with his play?

10. How does Father uses religion in a court case?

(see the answer keys)

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