BLAW 3201 - Fry
BLAW 3201 Fry - Final Exam Study Questions
and Answers 2025-2026
Kris, age 17, who looks 18 or older, makes a contract to buy a car from Maisie,
who is the age of majority. Maisie finds out Kris's age. Maisie may avoid the
contract even if Kris did not misrepresent his age. -Correct Answer ✔False
Sally goes away to college at 17, lives on her own, and pays her own rent and
electric bills. If she makes a contract to buy a television set, in most jurisdictions,
she may assert her minority status and set aside the contract. -Correct Answer
✔True
Beth, at age 17, sells an antique pin she inherited. Even if the buyer resells the pin
to someone who did not know that it was purchased from a minor, Beth can
recover the pin from the third person if she changes her mind about wanting to sell
it. -Correct Answer ✔False
Seventeen-year-old Teresa wants to disaffirm her student loan agreements. Most
states will not allow her to avoid such contracts. -Correct Answer ✔True
In a contract to sell necessaries to a minor, these goods and services are limited to
medical care, food, and shelter. -Correct Answer ✔False
If Carrie, age 14, contracted to buy a fur coat by mail, the coat manufacturer would
not have to send it since the contract was void. -Correct Answer ✔False
Jessica at the age of 15 entered into a contract to sell five acres of land to her uncle.
She may disaffirm this contract at any time before reaching her majority. -Correct
Answer ✔False
In general, if a minor lies about her age in order to induce the seller to contract
with her, she cannot disaffirm that contract. -Correct Answer ✔False
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In general, a contract made by a mentally incompetent person is void when no
guardian has been appointed. -Correct Answer ✔False
The doctrine of necessaries applies in the same way to minors and mental
incompetents. -Correct Answer ✔True
If a person is adjudicated insane and placed in care of a guardian, that person's
contracts are void. -Correct Answer ✔True
Sean had two beers and felt tipsy. He made a deal with Yoko to buy her stereo. He
can avoid the contract because of lack of capacity. -Correct Answer ✔False
By the majority view, a minor need only return any property he has received from
the other party if the minor wishes to disaffirm the contract. He has no duty to
return the property in the same condition in which he received it. -Correct Answer
✔True
In general, a minor may only disaffirm a contract after he has reached the age of
majority. -Correct Answer ✔False
All states agree that a minor who has fraudulently misrepresented her age when
entering into a contract has no power to disaffirm the contract. -Correct Answer
✔False
In general, minors have liability for their torts. -Correct Answer ✔True
A person under guardianship by court order has no contractual capacity. -Correct
Answer ✔True
At common law, a minor was a person who was under twenty-one years of age. -
Correct Answer ✔True
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An intoxicated person must have been so intoxicated as to have been unable to
understand the consequences of his actions or have been unable to act in a
reasonable manner in order to avoid a contract. -Correct Answer ✔True
Ratification makes a contract void from the beginning. -Correct Answer ✔False
Disaffirmance may be express, but it may not be implied. -Correct Answer ✔False
An automobile may be considered a necessary item for a minor. -Correct Answer
✔True
Ratification need not be express; it may be implied from the minor's conduct. -
Correct Answer ✔True
In some states, minors are liable for contracts involving bank accounts and student
loans and cannot avoid these contracts even though they can avoid other types of
contracts. -Correct Answer ✔True
Emancipated minors have no ability to avoid contracts based upon their minority. -
Correct Answer ✔False
1. Anna is 88 years old and under the legal guardianship of her daughter. One day
Anna receives a telephone call from a health insurance salesman and purchases a
$400-a-month Medigap insurance policy.
a. This contract is valid.
b. This contract is voidable.
c. This contract is void.
d. This contract is voidable only at the option of Anna. -Correct Answer ✔c
2. Fay, age 17, ordered a pair of skis on the installment plan. She paid $20 every
month until she turned 18, the age of majority. The next day, she sold them to
Sharon and disaffirmed the contract. What result?
a. Fay is still liable since she had to disaffirm before her 18th birthday.
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b. Fay is still liable because selling the skis amounts to a ratification.
c. Fay is not liable because she disaffirmed the contract.
d. Fay is not liable because skis are not necessaries. -Correct Answer ✔b
3. Ann, a minor, disaffirmed her agreement to buy $127 worth of cosmetics from
Facial Glo Company. She had used up all the eye shadows, lipsticks, and powders.
The general rule is that she may:
a. disaffirm, but she must pay the asking price of the cosmetics used.
b. disaffirm, but she has to return the makeup that is not used up.
c. not disaffirm without paying the value of used makeup.
d. not disaffirm because she has used the goods. -Correct Answer ✔b
4. Mary, age 17, sold Mark, age 22, the briefcase she got for graduation. Mark's
father liked it and bought it from him. If Mary decides to disaffirm the contract,
will Mark's father have to return the briefcase to her?
a. Yes, the briefcase is not a necessary.
b. Yes, if Mark's father still has it.
c. No, her contract was with Mark and he cannot return goods he does not have.
d. No, if Mark's father bought it without knowing that Mary was a minor. -Correct
Answer ✔d
5. Ratification can occur in which of the following ways?
a. Through express language
b. As implied from conduct
c. Through failure to make a timely disaffirmance
d. All of the above. -Correct Answer ✔d
Tim, who is a minor, enters into a contract with Violet, who is an adult. Which of
the following is correct?
a. Violet may not disaffirm the contract.
b. Violet may disaffirm the contract at any time.
c. Violet may disaffirm the contract when Tim becomes an adult.
d. Tim may ratify the contract at any time during his minority. -Correct Answer ✔a
BLAW 3201 - Fry
BLAW 3201 Fry - Final Exam Study Questions
and Answers 2025-2026
Kris, age 17, who looks 18 or older, makes a contract to buy a car from Maisie,
who is the age of majority. Maisie finds out Kris's age. Maisie may avoid the
contract even if Kris did not misrepresent his age. -Correct Answer ✔False
Sally goes away to college at 17, lives on her own, and pays her own rent and
electric bills. If she makes a contract to buy a television set, in most jurisdictions,
she may assert her minority status and set aside the contract. -Correct Answer
✔True
Beth, at age 17, sells an antique pin she inherited. Even if the buyer resells the pin
to someone who did not know that it was purchased from a minor, Beth can
recover the pin from the third person if she changes her mind about wanting to sell
it. -Correct Answer ✔False
Seventeen-year-old Teresa wants to disaffirm her student loan agreements. Most
states will not allow her to avoid such contracts. -Correct Answer ✔True
In a contract to sell necessaries to a minor, these goods and services are limited to
medical care, food, and shelter. -Correct Answer ✔False
If Carrie, age 14, contracted to buy a fur coat by mail, the coat manufacturer would
not have to send it since the contract was void. -Correct Answer ✔False
Jessica at the age of 15 entered into a contract to sell five acres of land to her uncle.
She may disaffirm this contract at any time before reaching her majority. -Correct
Answer ✔False
In general, if a minor lies about her age in order to induce the seller to contract
with her, she cannot disaffirm that contract. -Correct Answer ✔False
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,BLAW 3201 - Fry
In general, a contract made by a mentally incompetent person is void when no
guardian has been appointed. -Correct Answer ✔False
The doctrine of necessaries applies in the same way to minors and mental
incompetents. -Correct Answer ✔True
If a person is adjudicated insane and placed in care of a guardian, that person's
contracts are void. -Correct Answer ✔True
Sean had two beers and felt tipsy. He made a deal with Yoko to buy her stereo. He
can avoid the contract because of lack of capacity. -Correct Answer ✔False
By the majority view, a minor need only return any property he has received from
the other party if the minor wishes to disaffirm the contract. He has no duty to
return the property in the same condition in which he received it. -Correct Answer
✔True
In general, a minor may only disaffirm a contract after he has reached the age of
majority. -Correct Answer ✔False
All states agree that a minor who has fraudulently misrepresented her age when
entering into a contract has no power to disaffirm the contract. -Correct Answer
✔False
In general, minors have liability for their torts. -Correct Answer ✔True
A person under guardianship by court order has no contractual capacity. -Correct
Answer ✔True
At common law, a minor was a person who was under twenty-one years of age. -
Correct Answer ✔True
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,BLAW 3201 - Fry
An intoxicated person must have been so intoxicated as to have been unable to
understand the consequences of his actions or have been unable to act in a
reasonable manner in order to avoid a contract. -Correct Answer ✔True
Ratification makes a contract void from the beginning. -Correct Answer ✔False
Disaffirmance may be express, but it may not be implied. -Correct Answer ✔False
An automobile may be considered a necessary item for a minor. -Correct Answer
✔True
Ratification need not be express; it may be implied from the minor's conduct. -
Correct Answer ✔True
In some states, minors are liable for contracts involving bank accounts and student
loans and cannot avoid these contracts even though they can avoid other types of
contracts. -Correct Answer ✔True
Emancipated minors have no ability to avoid contracts based upon their minority. -
Correct Answer ✔False
1. Anna is 88 years old and under the legal guardianship of her daughter. One day
Anna receives a telephone call from a health insurance salesman and purchases a
$400-a-month Medigap insurance policy.
a. This contract is valid.
b. This contract is voidable.
c. This contract is void.
d. This contract is voidable only at the option of Anna. -Correct Answer ✔c
2. Fay, age 17, ordered a pair of skis on the installment plan. She paid $20 every
month until she turned 18, the age of majority. The next day, she sold them to
Sharon and disaffirmed the contract. What result?
a. Fay is still liable since she had to disaffirm before her 18th birthday.
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b. Fay is still liable because selling the skis amounts to a ratification.
c. Fay is not liable because she disaffirmed the contract.
d. Fay is not liable because skis are not necessaries. -Correct Answer ✔b
3. Ann, a minor, disaffirmed her agreement to buy $127 worth of cosmetics from
Facial Glo Company. She had used up all the eye shadows, lipsticks, and powders.
The general rule is that she may:
a. disaffirm, but she must pay the asking price of the cosmetics used.
b. disaffirm, but she has to return the makeup that is not used up.
c. not disaffirm without paying the value of used makeup.
d. not disaffirm because she has used the goods. -Correct Answer ✔b
4. Mary, age 17, sold Mark, age 22, the briefcase she got for graduation. Mark's
father liked it and bought it from him. If Mary decides to disaffirm the contract,
will Mark's father have to return the briefcase to her?
a. Yes, the briefcase is not a necessary.
b. Yes, if Mark's father still has it.
c. No, her contract was with Mark and he cannot return goods he does not have.
d. No, if Mark's father bought it without knowing that Mary was a minor. -Correct
Answer ✔d
5. Ratification can occur in which of the following ways?
a. Through express language
b. As implied from conduct
c. Through failure to make a timely disaffirmance
d. All of the above. -Correct Answer ✔d
Tim, who is a minor, enters into a contract with Violet, who is an adult. Which of
the following is correct?
a. Violet may not disaffirm the contract.
b. Violet may disaffirm the contract at any time.
c. Violet may disaffirm the contract when Tim becomes an adult.
d. Tim may ratify the contract at any time during his minority. -Correct Answer ✔a
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