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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Christina shocked that Oscar would waste time reading his play to this person?
(a) She thinks no one will want to produce his play.
(b) She thinks he should give up on his play.
(c) She thinks he should be pursuing his appeal.
(d) His play is horrible.

2. What does Oscar do when the battery in his wheelchair dies?
(a) He sits and complains.
(b) He cries.
(c) He buys a new one.
(d) He begins walking.

3. Why is Oscar upset by this news?
(a) He will be highly taxed on this reward.
(b) He will not receive enough to cover his legal bills and no longer has Harry's advice.
(c) He will cover his bills but will not make a profit.
(d) He will only be able to cover his legal bills.

4. Why does Oscar fail to notice Lily's new hairdo?
(a) He is engrossed in a cartoon.
(b) She is standing behind him.
(c) He is asleep.
(d) Her hairdo is not very different.

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

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

7. Where does Oscar tell Christina that Ilse is?
(a) In Brooklyn working as a teacher.
(b) In the Bronx attending to her blind sister.
(c) In Manhattan working as a maid.
(d) In Queens attending a workshop.

8. What does Christina say when Oscar says he needs a secretary?
(a) She hires Ilse as his secretary.
(b) She dismisses his plans to hire a secretary, suggesting he needs only a wastebasket and a housekeeper.
(c) She sends her personal secretary to help Oscar.
(d) She calls Lily to see if she could help Oscar.

9. Why is Oscar upset about the obituary?
(a) It is too long.
(b) It is too short.
(c) It obscures Father's career.
(d) It is too expensive.

10. Who is the stooped old man Lily saw walking past the window as she drove up?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Harry.
(c) Mr. Boatwright, the family plumber.
(d) Mr. Cartwright, the family butler.

11. What does Oscar say about Jerry's ideas, regarding the story?
(a) This is not deep enough.
(b) I do not like this at all.
(c) This is too spooky.
(d) This goes too far.

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

13. Why does Oscar insist Christina come see the television?
(a) There are many funny commercials to watch.
(b) His father is speaking to the camera.
(c) Spot the dog is being interviewed on the nightly news.
(d) There's a mob carrying placards that say, "KEEP GOD IN AMERICA, MURDERER."

14. Why does Rev. Bobby Joe, freed from jail, say Daddy cannot come to visit?
(a) He no longer trusts Daddy.
(b) He has a baptism to attend to.
(c) He is having a big operation and Bobby Joe is offering him spiritual comfort in case the Lord carries him home during it.
(d) He is busy preaching.

15. What news from Harry does Christina give to Oscar?
(a) Basie is a fraud who never attended law school, lied on his bar exam, and faces revocation of his license and jail.
(b) Basie is his best friend and can be trusted.
(c) Basie is the best lawyer Harry could find, and he is sorry.
(d) Basie has attended law school but never graduated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Oscar's ordeal done to Christina and Harry's marriage?

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

3. What will Father believe Oscar has done to Grandfather?

4. What does Christina say should have been an early sign Oscar would never please Father?

5. How does Jerry want to change the character of Kane, which would also put Broadway audiences in Oscar's hands?

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