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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 Lily tell Oscar that her Daddy and Rev. Billy Joe are blaming her for?

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

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

4. What is the final amount of the film apportioned to Oscar?

5. Why does the clerk balk at destroying them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the connections between the play and the movie?

5. What is the only thing the papers have gotten right?

6. What are Lily, Harry, and Oscar watching?

7. What does Jerry think about Oscar's characters, Kane and Bagby?

8. What is learned about Lily's breasts?

9. What does Jerry think about religion?

10. Why is Lily's father unable to collect his son's insurance money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

God has no place in law.

Part 1) Prove this statement to be true, according to the story.

Part 2) How else is religion woven throughout this story?

Part 3) What role does religion have in the decisions made by the characters? What might be the author's purpose for this?

Essay Topic 3

Oscar milks the insurance company for his accident.

Part 1) Why does he do this? Is he successful? Why or why not?

Part 2) What is the importance of money in this story? Why it is so important?

Part 3) How is Oscar milked for his own money? What is the connection between the money he gives to others and the money he hopes to receive form his insurance company and law suits?

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