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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 14 (through page 405).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oscar wonder about the movie's advertisement?
(a) If "based on a true story" is not an admission of guilt.
(b) If the scenes that resemble his play will be cut from the advertisments.
(c) If the producer is worried the movie will be a flop.
(d) How much the advertisements cost.

2. A copy of District Judge Crease's Instructions to the Jury in the case of Fickert v. Ude arrives in the mail. What are jurors told to do?
(a) Compare the case to their own lives.
(b) Use their emotions to decide what is right.
(c) Sift through evidence and conflicting testimony for facts.
(d) Look for editing mistakes.

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

4. How does Christina feel about living with Oscar?
(a) She enjoys being with her brother.
(b) She wants him to move in permanently.
(c) Getting used to him.
(d) Near her wits' end.

5. What does Lily tell Oscar have been dashed?
(a) Her chance of going back to school.
(b) Her new job opportunities.
(c) Her hopes of reconciling with her Daddy and receiving money.
(d) Her hopes of marrying him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Basie says a newspaper report has raised hopes in Oscar's case, provided what?

2. The medical reports verify drowning as the proximate cause of death, so what are the jurors supposed to do?

3. When might Oscar's conflict with Father, since he saw the movie, blow over?

4. When does Jonathan Livingston change his name to Constantine Kiester?

5. How does Oscar feel about Father having no time to read his play?

(see the answer key)

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