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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 concerns Lily about the house, if Oscar does not care for it?

2. To what does the clerk compare the death of a great man?

3. Why has Harry long been estranged from his father?

4. What does Jerry explain as the left hand side of Oscar's story?

5. How does Oscar feel about Father having no time to read his play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Christina and Lily find Oscar staring blankly in the library?

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. What are Lily, Harry, and Oscar watching?

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

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

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

10. What connection is made between Lily and the law clerk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Trish has an abortion.

Part 1) Why does she have an abortion? What are the complications with this abortion? What does this abortion reveal about Trish's personality?

Part 2) Why does Harry not want Christina to get involved with Trish's problems? Is he right in saying this? Why or why not?

Part 3) Does Christina listen to Harry? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Oscar and Christina are siblings.

Part 1) Describe their relationship.

Part 2) Describe their similarities and differences. Explain why they have these similarities and differences.

Part 3) Compare and contrast their relationship with one another to their relationships with others.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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