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

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

3. How does Bone describe Erebus?
(a) As an up-and-coming studio.
(b) As an old studio under new ownership.
(c) As a run-down studio.
(d) As a well-established studio.

4. Why is Lily spooked by the clerk's many trips to the bathroom and the sound of trickling?
(a) He does not close the door.
(b) It makes her need to use the restroom.
(c) It reminds her of her lump.
(d) She is disgusted.

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?
(a) He is afraid of Oscar's reaction.
(b) He must be in court.
(c) He does not like Oscar.
(d) He is not feeling well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oscar fail to notice Lily's new hairdo?

2. What does Kiester do regarding Oscar's script when undertaking a Civil War epic?

3. Why is Oscar upset about the obituary?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the connections between the play and the movie?

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

3. What does Jerry think about Oscar's characters, Kane and Bagby?

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

5. Why is Lily's father unable to collect his son's insurance money?

6. What does Christina do about Oscar's legal bills? Why does she do this?

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

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

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

10. Why does Oscar want Christina to see the television?

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