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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. What does the plaintiff do with the play?

2. When does Jonathan Livingston change his name to Constantine Kiester?

3. How does Mother reply when Thomas asks what she wants?

4. What does Lily advise Oscar about the play?

5. What does this travel north end for Thomas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lily think of Oscar's play so far?

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

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

4. For what do both Oscar and Trish want to sue?

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

6. What does Oscar think of Basie? Why does he keep him around?

7. How does Kiester respond to this?

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

9. Why must Thomas go to Quantness in this part of the play?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oscar latches onto Button.

Part 1) Who is Button? Why does Oscar latch onto him? To what discovery does this lead?

Part 2) What is the connection between Button and Basie? Why is this important?

Part 3) How does this discovery affect Oscar and his case? Why does the author create Basie in this way?

Essay Topic 2

A recurring theme is black vs. Jew.

Part 1) Why does the author make this a theme?

Part 2) How does this theme affect the relationships of the characters of varying ethnicity?

Part 3) Are you surprised about this theme in a contemporary story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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