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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 Christina announces someone is taking pictures on the lawn, what does Oscar demand?

2. What does Oscar fear about his house?

3. The phone rings, and Trish leaves a rambling, disjointed message. What does she fear?

4. Without insurance, what can Lily not do?

5. Christina and Harry go to Room 612B and find Oscar upset. Over what is he upset?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must Thomas go to Quantness in this part of the play?

2. How and why does Basie interrupt the reading of the script?

3. What are news headlines, regarding Oscar's father? What do they mean for his father?

4. How does Kevin know about Oscar's scar, according to Lily?

5. What happens in the next scene of Oscar's play?

6. How does Oscar explain Israel's purpose in the play?

7. What is the rambling, disjointed message that Trish leaves for Christina?

8. How does Oscar become even more convinced the movie is based on his play? Of what does Harry warn him?

9. What ends Oscar's play's character's, Thomas, dream of a life in public office?

10. Why is Trish suing to maintain support payments for her son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Christina is frenzied and codependent.

Part 1) Why might she be this way? What makes this behavior escalate?

Part 2) How is this similar to Oscar's personality? How does it affect their relationship? Why does it affect their relationship?

Part 3) What affect does her personality have on Harry? Why does it have this affect?

Essay Topic 2

Oscar and Christina revert to childhood at the end of the novel.

Part 1) Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this behavior reflect the personalities of these characters?

Part 3) Why does the author end the story this way? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The title of the novel is "A Frolic of His Own."

Part 1) What is the meaning behind this title? How do you know this?

Part 2) If you could rename it, what would it be and why?

Part 3) How does this "frolic" affect the various characters? Why?

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