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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. Christina and Harry go to Room 612B and find Oscar upset. Over what is he upset?

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

3. Oscar sees Basie's point, but does not want what?

4. What does Oscar fear about his house?

5. Why does Christina believe Trish could hardly seek an abortion in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Oscar want invasion of privacy added to his complaint? Why does he want to add this?

2. How is James B. bitten?

3. What do Pai and Oscar do after Oscar's nap?

4. What does Oscar think of Basie? Why does he keep him around?

5. What is wrong with Lily, when she enters the scene?

6. When Mother refuses to leave her broken-down farmhouse, what is the reasoning she gives to Thomas?

7. How does Basie explain why members of Oscar's family are left out of the suit and the language is repetitious?

8. How does Kiester respond to this?

9. How does the official transcript of Oscar's deposition open?

10. What ends Oscar's play's character's, Thomas, dream of a life in public office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A minor theme is Hiawatha.

Part 1) What or who is Hiawatha? How is this a theme?

Part 2) Why has the author included this as a theme?

Part 3) What is its connection with other themes in the book? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Lily snaps.

Part 1) What stress does Lily have in her life? Why does she snap?

Part 2) How do others deal with her at this point? Why? What is the connection with her snapping to what is going on in the story?

Part 3) What does this reveal about Lily's personality? What are your thoughts and opinion of Lily? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Christina is frenzied and codependent.

Part 1) Why might she be this way? What makes this behavior escalate?

Part 2) How is this similar to Oscar's personality? How does it affect their relationship? Why does it affect their relationship?

Part 3) What affect does her personality have on Harry? Why does it have this affect?

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