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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Christina feel about living with Oscar?
(a) Near her wits' end.
(b) She enjoys being with her brother.
(c) She wants him to move in permanently.
(d) Getting used to him.

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

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

5. What does Bone do with the play besides summarizing the plot of the play and observing classical sources have been used?
(a) He vaguely describes the main characters.
(b) He makes fun of Oscar.
(c) Analyzing the first two acts scene-by-scene.
(d) He only discusses the parts that are similar to the movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christina do when she finds Oscar engrossed in a nature program?

2. Why had Harry, who had known this a few days, not told Oscar?

3. How does Oscar respond when Christina mocks him about finding a producer?

4. How much is Father's estate worth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is learned about Lily's breasts?

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

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

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

5. What does Oscar learn about Basie?

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

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

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

9. What does Jerry think about religion?

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

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