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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the packet of letters Christina spots in the Gladstone?
(a) Letters from Father's supporters.
(b) The documents the Judge rescued from the Historical Society's clutches.
(c) Letters from various law firms.
(d) Bills that are overdue.

2. Why does Oscar fail to notice Lily's new hairdo?
(a) He is engrossed in a cartoon.
(b) He is asleep.
(c) Her hairdo is not very different.
(d) She is standing behind him.

3. Why does Rev. Bobby Joe, freed from jail, say Daddy cannot come to visit?
(a) He is having a big operation and Bobby Joe is offering him spiritual comfort in case the Lord carries him home during it.
(b) He is busy preaching.
(c) He has a baptism to attend to.
(d) He no longer trusts Daddy.

4. Of what is Christina afraid when Oscar reads he has lost the suit?
(a) He will explode.
(b) He will cry.
(c) He will have a heart attack.
(d) He will file another suit.

5. What concerns Lily about the house, if Oscar does not care for it?
(a) No one will want to buy it.
(b) The whole house will fall down.
(c) It will be sold.
(d) She will have to take care of it.

6. How much is Father's estate worth?
(a) Around $500,000.
(b) Around $5 million.
(c) Around $5.5 million.
(d) Around $55 million.

7. How does Oscar respond when Christina mocks him about finding a producer?
(a) Kiester will produce it.
(b) A broadway producer will enjoy his play.
(c) His play is worthless.
(d) Nipples is in New York.

8. Where does Oscar tell Christina that Ilse is?
(a) In Manhattan working as a maid.
(b) In Queens attending a workshop.
(c) In the Bronx attending to her blind sister.
(d) In Brooklyn working as a teacher.

9. What does Oscar do when the battery in his wheelchair dies?
(a) He begins walking.
(b) He cries.
(c) He sits and complains.
(d) He buys a new one.

10. Why does Oscar insist Christina come see the television?
(a) Spot the dog is being interviewed on the nightly news.
(b) There's a mob carrying placards that say, "KEEP GOD IN AMERICA, MURDERER."
(c) There are many funny commercials to watch.
(d) His father is speaking to the camera.

11. What does Oscar say when Christina tells him there will be no funeral?
(a) He insists it is his duty to provide a proper funeral.
(b) He does not want to attend a funeral.
(c) He agrees that it is probably for the best.
(d) He does not his father cremated.

12. When might Oscar's conflict with Father, since he saw the movie, blow over?
(a) Once Father realizes how good the movie was.
(b) Once Oscar's play is on Broadway.
(c) Once Oscar loses the lawsuit, proving the play is not worth stealing.
(d) Once Father realizes the movie is based on Oscar's play.

13. What does the obituary say?
(a) The Judge demanded immediate cremation and no ceremonies.
(b) The Judege demaned to be put on display for all to see.
(c) The Judge demanded a small family funeral.
(d) The Judge demanded an immediate and large funeral.

14. While the plaintiff's play script is indisputably protected, what would not constitute copyright infringement?
(a) The use of general themes, motives and ideas by the defendants.
(b) Saying the movie is based on Oscar's play.
(c) Using the same characters' names.
(d) Copying the dialogue from the play for the movie.

15. What does Christina say should have been an early sign Oscar would never please Father?
(a) When is first ran away from home as a child.
(b) When Father said Christina was his favorite child.
(c) When he gets in trouble with Father for not keeping his room clean.
(d) When he gets in trouble with Father for stripping the bark from a birch tree to build a canoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the clerk balk at destroying them?

2. Why is Oscar upset by this news?

3. What do witnesses confirm about the site of the drowning?

4. What has happened every time Christina has tried to reach Harry?

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

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