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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. In the play's prologue, Mother asks about what, regarding Thomas?

2. Who is Thomas?

3. When Bagby leaves, Thomas and Kane discuss what?

4. Sitting with Basie, waiting for Oscar to finish physical therapy, Christina knows Oscar considers Basie as what?

5. What does Lily advise Oscar about the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the official transcript of Oscar's deposition open?

4. How does the reader first meet Trish Hemsley?

5. What does Oscar do when Harold Basie arrives?

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

7. How does Oscar become even more convinced the movie is based on his play? Of what does Harry warn him?

8. What does Basie notice when Oscar reads dialogue between Kane and Thomas about justice? How does Oscar respond?

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

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

The title of the novel is "A Frolic of His Own."

Part 1) What is the meaning behind this title? How do you know this?

Part 2) If you could rename it, what would it be and why?

Part 3) How does this "frolic" affect the various characters? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Racism is raised.

Part 1) What is the connection between racism and one of the story's themes?

Part 2) How does racism permeate both the story and Oscar's play? What is the reason for this?

Part 3) Racist comments are made. Why? How does this racism affect you as the reader? Why are you affected this way?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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