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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Basie remarks on the house's value. How does Oscar reply?

2. In the next scene, Thomas intends to ignore what?

3. What does this travel north end for Thomas?

4. Harry hopes once Szyrk is reversed, what will happen?

5. Of what does Thomas accuse his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with Lily, when she enters the scene?

2. What does Oscar do when Harold Basie arrives?

3. What is the complaint that is filed by Oscar?

4. Why is Trish suing to maintain support payments for her son?

5. How and why does Basie interrupt the reading of the script?

6. What do Pai and Oscar do after Oscar's nap?

7. How does Oscar explain his accident?

8. What is explained about the slave, Israel? What are both the Major, Kane, and William's thoughts regarding this discussion?

9. What ends Oscar's play's character's, Thomas, dream of a life in public office?

10. What takes place in Scene 2 of Oscar's play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oscar and Christina revert to childhood at the end of the novel.

Part 1) Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this behavior reflect the personalities of these characters?

Part 3) Why does the author end the story this way? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

A minor theme is Hiawatha.

Part 1) What or who is Hiawatha? How is this a theme?

Part 2) Why has the author included this as a theme?

Part 3) What is its connection with other themes in the book? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Christina is frenzied and codependent.

Part 1) Why might she be this way? What makes this behavior escalate?

Part 2) How is this similar to Oscar's personality? How does it affect their relationship? Why does it affect their relationship?

Part 3) What affect does her personality have on Harry? Why does it have this affect?

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