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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15 (through page 430).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Using only the newspapers of the day, what is Oscar showing?
(a) His father will never care about him, unless he becomes famous with his play.
(b) The movie is an exact making of his play.
(c) His play is worthy of being made into a film.
(d) The blossoming of greed and corruption that will create modern America.

2. Why had Harry, who had known this a few days, not told Oscar?
(a) He was looking into Basie's past.
(b) It gives him time to think about how he feels about Basie.
(c) It gives him his only chance of overthrowing a negative verdict.
(d) He was hoping to find a better lawyer.

3. In the play's prologue, Mother asks about what, regarding Thomas?
(a) His wound and heroism.
(b) His education.
(c) His wife.
(d) His training.

4. What does Oscar secretly have?
(a) New lawyers.
(b) A girlfriend.
(c) No lawyers.
(d) A new law suit.

5. How does Christina respond when Harry cites the 1983 Carson v. Here's Johnny Portable Toilets?
(a) She laughs hysterically.
(b) She lashes out about a federal judge's time being consumed by such frivolity.
(c) She hopes Harry can have such an easy case.
(d) She wishes Harry would find another career.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the morning, how does Christina find Oscar?

2. What does Lily advise Oscar about the play?

3. What does the district judge think about Oscar's case?

4. Thomas muses how the trees, rocks and ditches - all so casually ignored in peacetime - are what in battle?

5. What does Thomas' mother refuse to leave?

(see the answer key)

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