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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. Kiester counters the complaint, denying what?

2. How does Oscar say Bagby's swindling differs from Pentagon operations?

3. Why is Oscar certain he did not send his script to Kiester?

4. What convinces Oscar the producer of "The Blood in the Red White and Blue," Kiester, has stolen the characters and themes of his play?

5. How do Harry and Christina find Oscar trapped?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is James B. bitten?

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

3. How does Basie explain why members of Oscar's family are left out of the suit and the language is repetitious?

4. What does Oscar do when Harold Basie arrives?

5. How does Kevin know about Oscar's scar, according to Lily?

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

7. Why can Oscar not go to California, according to Christina? What are Basie and Oscar's plans, regarding this trip?

8. Why has Pai been having this discussion with Oscar? What does he want to know?

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

10. What does Lily do and say when she visits Oscar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lily snaps.

Part 1) What stress does Lily have in her life? Why does she snap?

Part 2) How do others deal with her at this point? Why? What is the connection with her snapping to what is going on in the story?

Part 3) What does this reveal about Lily's personality? What are your thoughts and opinion of Lily? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

A major theme is that the essence of law lies in language.

Part 1) How is this a theme?

Part 2) Do you believe this to be true in real life? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is language use significant throughout this novel?

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