PA Contracts Core

Question 1

Option Contracts – Nominal Consideration Valid

Answer 1

Eevee – Accepting a tiny glittering coin labeled “$1” while guarding a locked scroll

Question 2

Revocation of Offer – Mailbox Rule Does Not Apply

Answer 2

Fearow – Dropping a revocation letter while the acceptance is still en route, crashing into a mailbox with a red “X” over it

Question 3

Statute of Frauds – Signature Can Be Anywhere

Answer 3

Rattata – Scribbling a tiny signature in the corner of the scroll, then hiding under it

Question 4

Parol Evidence Rule – Slightly Broader Exception

Answer 4

Drowzee – Unzipping the back of a scroll to reveal hidden terms marked “CLARIFYING CONTEXT”

Question 5

Consideration – Can Be Past Consideration

Answer 5

Goldeen – Leaping out of water to hand over a scroll labeled “PAST SERVICE”

Question 6

Firm Offers Under PA Law

Answer 6

Persian – Sitting beside a merchant’s scroll with a gold “FIRM” collar, staring down a clock labeled “90 DAYS”

Question 7

Electronic Signatures Allowed

Answer 7

Porygon – Digitally stamping a scroll with a glowing pawprint that says “SIGNED”

Question 8

Capacity – Guardianship in Minor Contracts

Answer 8

Clefable – Guiding a smaller Cleffa while holding a scroll labeled “Voidable if Unrepresented”

Question 9

Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act (HICPA)

Answer 9

Weedle – Crawling across a house blueprint scroll labeled “WRITTEN CONTRACT REQUIRED,” wearing a hard hat

Question 10

Duty to Read Contracts

Answer 10

Mr. Mime – Staring seriously at a scroll while miming reading glasses onto someone else’s face

Question 11

PA Blue Pencil Rule

Answer 11

Jigglypuff – Carefully erasing part of a restrictive covenant clause with a huge blue pencil labeled “REASONABLE LIMITS”