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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Deedee out $80,000?
(a) She had tried to save money by not carrying collision insurance on her Lamborghetti, so she is out that money after a truckload of drunks ran into it.
(b) She over spent on her credit card.
(c) Someone has stolen her purse and used her credit cards.
(d) She has purchased a new foreign car.

2. For what does Christina demand Sam take responsibility?
(a) Harry.
(b) Basie.
(c) Lily.
(d) Buttons.

3. The medical reports verify drowning as the proximate cause of death, so what are the jurors supposed to do?
(a) How deep the water was.
(b) If the boy had any medical conditions.
(c) Decide if the boy did in fact drown.
(d) Decide if there are any intervening causes within the defendant's control, which would make him liable for the death.

4. What does Christina do when she finds Oscar engrossed in a nature program?
(a) She sits down to enjoy the show as well.
(b) She criticizes his odd tastes.
(c) She turns off the television.
(d) She asks him what he is watching.

5. Of what is Christina afraid when Oscar reads he has lost the suit?
(a) He will explode.
(b) He will have a heart attack.
(c) He will cry.
(d) He will file another suit.

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

7. What do most of Oscar's charges represent?
(a) Contingency Fees.
(b) Administrative costs.
(c) Consultation Fees.
(d) Retainer Fees.

8. What is the right hand side of the story?
(a) There is no right hand side of Oscar's story.
(b) Thomas's trip north to take care of his uncle's property.
(c) The runaway slave, the invisible man haunting Thomas (and the entire play).
(d) 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.

9. When Oscar fetches wine, how does Christina annoy him?
(a) When she demands he be careful with the bottle.
(b) When she does not want a glass of wine.
(c) When she tells him he should not have any wine.
(d) When she demands the first glass.

10. What does Kiester do regarding Oscar's script when undertaking a Civil War epic?
(a) Remembers all the details from reading the play many years ago.
(b) Says he remembers reading it.
(c) Denies any recollection.
(d) Kept a copy of the play for himself.

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

12. In the morning, how does Christina find Oscar?
(a) In a tuxedo.
(b) Dressed in one of Father's suits and smoking for the first time in 20 years.
(c) In his pajamas, as usual.
(d) Asleep on the couch.

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

14. Who is the "Murderer" being burnt in effigy?
(a) Harry.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

15. What do witnesses confirm about the site of the drowning?
(a) The current is very strong.
(b) It is a popular fishing site.
(c) It is frequently used for baptisms.
(d) It is beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oscar secretly have?

2. What has happened every time Christina has tried to reach Harry?

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

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

5. Why has Harry long been estranged from his father?

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