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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 J. Harret Ruth share with Senator Orney Bilk?

2. What are the jurors to disregard during the drowning case?

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

4. What is the packet of letters Christina spots in the Gladstone?

5. What has Oscar's ordeal done to Christina and Harry's marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oscar plan to do with his play?

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

3. What are Oscar's plans for his play?

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

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

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

7. What is learned about Lily's breasts?

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

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

10. What does Lily say when she goes to see 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

Food is a minor theme.

Part 1) How is this a theme? What is the purpose of this theme?

Part 2) How does this connection with food reflect American society?

Part 3) How does food and one's belief in the purpose of food affect the characters? How does it affect people today?

Essay Topic 3

Lily has a lump in her breast.

Part 1) How does this affect her? What role does her lump play in her relationship with Oscar?

Part 2) What is this lump? What dose she do with this knowledge? Why?

Part 3) How will this news about her lump affect her life? Explain.

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