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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will the state do nothing to help Oscar with his legal fees, according to Harry?
(a) It is Oscar's responsibility to pay his fees.
(b) Oscar is the one to have accumulated them.
(c) The state does not have the money to help him.
(d) The law profession is self-regulating.

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

3. What has Oscar's ordeal done to Christina and Harry's marriage?
(a) Made it somewhat more challenging.
(b) Strengthened it.
(c) Wrecked it.
(d) Brought them closer together.

4. What does J. Harret Ruth share with Senator Orney Bilk?
(a) A desire to rule the world.
(b) A desire to see Father rejected for the appeals court.
(c) A desire to become judges in the appeals court.
(d) A desire to support Father in his courtroom.

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

6. What is Christina doing when Oscar and Lily find her on the phone with her vulture sisters-in-law?
(a) She is giving advice to her sisters-in-law about Harry's funeral.
(b) She is warning them to keep their hands off everything in the apartment.
(c) She is telling her sisters-in-law to come over.
(d) She is crying hysterically.

7. 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) Look for editing mistakes.
(d) Sift through evidence and conflicting testimony for facts.

8. What does Oscar secretly have?
(a) New lawyers.
(b) No lawyers.
(c) A new law suit.
(d) A girlfriend.

9. Why are the Judge's ashes in a coffee can?
(a) Father loved to drink coffee.
(b) The funeral home ran out of urns.
(c) No one wanted to pay for an urn.
(d) An urn would cost $100, which would infuriate the Judge.

10. How does Oscar feel about Father having no time to read his play?
(a) Happy.
(b) Reassured.
(c) Livid.
(d) Sad.

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

12. How much is the settlement offer worth about which Christina tells Harry?
(a) Nearly $2,000,000.
(b) Nearly $100,000.
(c) Nearly $250,000.
(d) Nearly $150,000.

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

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

15. How does Jerry want to change the character of Kane, which would also put Broadway audiences in Oscar's hands?
(a) He should be a rootless, wandering Jew.
(b) He should have a better name.
(c) He should be very funny and entertaining.
(d) He should be very attractive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bone do with the play besides summarizing the plot of the play and observing classical sources have been used?

2. What does Bone do next, in equal detail?

3. Why is Lily spooked by the clerk's many trips to the bathroom and the sound of trickling?

4. What do most of Oscar's charges represent?

5. Christina decides to drive out and asks Harry to phone Sam or Basie to have them contact Oscar. Why can Harry not accompany her?

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