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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who picks up the tab for the wedding reception at a local pub?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Oliver's dad in secret.
(c) Jenny's many relatives.
(d) Phil.

2. Why does Jenny wear the necklace she has on?
(a) It is her dad's class ring and signifies her closeness to him.
(b) It belonged to her deceased mother.
(c) It is a star of David, which is a symbol of her religion.
(d) It is her sorority symbol and a sign of her loyalty to them.

3. What seems likely to be developing between Jenny and Oliver?
(a) A relationship that is going nowhere.
(b) A love-hate relationship because of their class differences.
(c) Real love and not infatuation.
(d) A relationship based solely on physical attraction.

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

5. How does Oliver's father react to Oliver's marriage plans?
(a) He tries to buy Jenny's refusal.
(b) He is outraged.
(c) He thinks Oliver has made a great choice.
(d) Oliver has not told his father.

6. What is the motivating factor for Oliver proposing marriage to Jenny?
(a) The fact that she is pregnant.
(b) To irritate his father.
(c) Because another man is showing interest in her.
(d) The possibility of her going to Paris.

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

8. What is a new element in Oliver's life?
(a) Having to worry about money.
(b) Phil as a surrogate father.
(c) The baby Jenny just had.
(d) The thrill of being engaged.

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

10. Who is attending her graduation?
(a) Just her dad, Phil.
(b) No one; Phil had to work.
(c) Just her dad and her sister.
(d) Many of her relatives.

11. What does Oliver's father admonish him about when they are eating at the club?
(a) Driving too fast.
(b) Not following up on the law school application.
(c) Eating too fast.
(d) Not calling his mother often enough.

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

13. Why are they going to the location in question #97?
(a) To try to reconcile with Oliver's parents.
(b) To sail in a regatta.
(c) To meet Phil, Jenny's father.
(d) To search for an apartment.

14. What puzzles Jenny about Oliver's reaction to the announcement?
(a) That he is not impressed.
(b) That he starts laughing.
(c) That he refuses to believe what his mother says.
(d) That he starts crying.

15. What does Oliver say about the conversation he and his father have at dinner?
(a) He is willing to do what his father asks him in the conversation.
(b) It interests him.
(c) He doesn't understand what his father is asking of him.
(d) They've had it many times before.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attends Oliver's graduation?

2. What is Jenny's overall emotion?

3. Who is Phil?

4. Before Oliver asks Jenny to marry him, what did the relationship seem to be?

5. What seems evident to be developing between Jenny and Oliver?

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