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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Doing what do Oliver and his father have a little bit of competition?
(a) Driving.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Mountain climbing.
(d) Skiiing.

2. What does the girl at the main desk ask Oliver when he approaches her with a question?
(a) If he parked his fiat outside with lights on.
(b) Why he doesn't use his own library at Harvard.
(c) If he would like to go skating with some friends that night.
(d) If he would like help on his studies.

3. What does this chapter foreshadow in terms of Oliver and his father?
(a) An increasing distance between the two.
(b) That Oliver's father will totally approve of Oliver's choices.
(c) A sudden breakthrough and intimacy.
(d) That Oliver will kill his father.

4. In what Olympic sport did Oliver's father compete?
(a) Polo.
(b) Diving.
(c) Rowing.
(d) Basketball.

5. How does Oliver feel about dinner with his father?
(a) Elated.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) Confused.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Phil?

2. What does Jenny feel is "sacred"?

3. What does Oliver say about the conversation he and his father have at dinner?

4. How does Oliver feel in relation to his father?

5. In which hockey game does Oliver get hurt?

(see the answer key)

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