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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 Christina say when Oscar says he needs a secretary?

2. What does Bone do with the play besides summarizing the plot of the play and observing classical sources have been used?

3. Why does Rev. Bobby Joe, freed from jail, say Daddy cannot come to visit?

4. In the morning, about what does Oscar read?

5. What does Christina do when she finds Oscar engrossed in a nature program?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Father uses religion in a court case?

2. What is learned about Lily's breasts?

3. In what ways is the lower court correct? In what ways is Oscar correct?

4. What has happened because of Spot's death?

5. How does Christina react when a real estate woman shows up at the house?

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

7. What does Oscar do when he is served a subpoena? What does Christina think about this?

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

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

10. What might happen regarding the legal bills brought about from Oscars suit? Why is this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Another minor theme is religious hypocrisy.

Part 1) How is this a theme? Why has the author included this as a theme?

Part 2) What can you guess about the author's opinion of the judicial system, based on this theme?

Part 3) How is this theme threaded throughout the story? How is this theme significant? How does it affect the various characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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