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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. Where does Oscar tell Christina that Ilse is?

2. What does the obituary say?

3. Of what is Christina afraid when Oscar reads he has lost the suit?

4. What does Lily tell Oscar have been dashed?

5. What do witnesses confirm about the site of the drowning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Oscar want Christina to see the television?

2. How does Christina react when a real estate woman shows up at the house?

3. What are Oscar's plans for his play?

4. What are the connections between the play and the movie?

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

6. In what ways is the lower court correct? In what ways is Oscar correct?

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

8. What does Oscar learn about Basie?

9. How are Harry and Oscar's situations with their fathers similar?

10. What has happened because of Spot's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry dies.

Part 1) How does Harry die? Is his death foreshadowed? Explain.

Part 2) How does his death affect the other characters? Why does it affect them this way?

Part 3) What is the purpose of Harry's death? Why would the author have him die?

Part 4) Compare and contrast aspects of Harry's life and death to that of Judge Crease's.

Essay Topic 2

There is a comparison between the dialogue of plays to action in films.

Part 1) Describe dialogue in the play. Describe action in the film.

Part 2) How are dialogue and action compared? Why are they compared?

Part 3) How is this comparison revealed when Oscar sees the movie? What are his thoughts on dialogue in a play and action in a film? Why does he feel this way?

Essay Topic 3

Lily snaps.

Part 1) What stress does Lily have in her life? Why does she snap?

Part 2) How do others deal with her at this point? Why? What is the connection with her snapping to what is going on in the story?

Part 3) What does this reveal about Lily's personality? What are your thoughts and opinion of Lily? Explain.

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