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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened every time Christina has tried to reach Harry?
(a) He has refused to talk to her.
(b) He cries on the phone.
(c) He has been unavailable.
(d) He yells at her.

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

3. 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) His play is horrible.
(c) She thinks he should be pursuing his appeal.
(d) She thinks he should give up on his play.

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

5. Why had Harry, who had known this a few days, not told Oscar?
(a) He was hoping to find a better lawyer.
(b) It gives him time to think about how he feels about Basie.
(c) It gives him his only chance of overthrowing a negative verdict.
(d) He was looking into Basie's past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Christina doing when Oscar and Lily find her on the phone with her vulture sisters-in-law?

2. Where does Oscar tell Christina that Ilse is?

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

4. What does Lily tell Oscar have been dashed?

5. What does the obituary say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lily say when she goes to see Oscar?

2. What are Lily, Harry, and Oscar watching?

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

4. What connection is made between Lily and the law clerk?

5. What does Oscar plan to do with his play?

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

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

8. What might happen regarding the legal bills brought about from Oscars suit? Why is this?

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

10. Why do Christina and Lily find Oscar staring blankly in the library?

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