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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oliver do the first time they come to the apartment?
(a) Cries.
(b) Carries Jenny over the threshold.
(c) Pours an expensive bottle of wine for them.
(d) Smashes the door with his fist in humiliation.

2. What does Oliver's father assume about why Oliver needs money?
(a) He lost a bet at the world cup.
(b) He got some girl in trouble.
(c) He needs to rent a place for his mistress.
(d) His father is not in the story here.

3. What does Jenny try goading Oliver into doing?
(a) Calling and personally refusing the invitation.
(b) Getting so mad he divorces her.
(c) Accepting the invitation.
(d) Refusing the invitation for him but letting her go.

4. What does Oliver find difficult?
(a) Not calling his father.
(b) Going to work everyday.
(c) Keeping things normal for Jenny.
(d) Law.

5. What does Oliver tell his father the reason is for needing the money?
(a) He tells him he lost a bet at the races.
(b) He hasn't asked his father for money.
(c) He tells him his car has broken down.
(d) He doesn't tell him any reason.

6. Why does Jenny kick Oliver out of her hospital room?
(a) So her ex-boyfriend can visit and say goodbye.
(b) She wouldn't dream of kicking him out and missing one minute with him.
(c) To be able to talk to Phil alone.
(d) Because he keeps crying and getting her upset.

7. Where do Jenny and Oliver work?
(a) Harvard library.
(b) A boat club.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) Ellis Island.

8. What might be the only happy ending to this story?
(a) Jenny getting to say goodbye to everyone who is important to her.
(b) Phil having met a nurse who he eventually marries.
(c) Oliver finally realizing his father loves him.
(d) Jenny being able to die quickly in little pain.

9. Why does Oliver go to Boston?
(a) To talk to his grandmother.
(b) To ask his father for money.
(c) To pick up Jenny's father at the airport.
(d) To consult with a specialist in leukemia.

10. How could the couple's social life be described?
(a) Slow, but consistent.
(b) Full and vibrant.
(c) Practically non-existent.
(d) Full of high society events.

11. What are Oliver's instructions to the doctor?
(a) To let her die quickly.
(b) To do everything to make Jenny as comfortable as possible.
(c) He wouldn't presume to give the doctors instructions.
(d) To do anything to save her life.

12. What type of apartment do Jenny and Oliver rent?
(a) A Hippie Pad.
(b) Run-down.
(c) Very expensive.
(d) Tiny.

13. What does Oliver join?
(a) The Harvard Club of New York.
(b) The YMCA.
(c) A homeless coalition.
(d) A crew team of lawyers.

14. What does the medical costs for Jenny's care foreshadow?
(a) Jenny's death.
(b) Jenny asking Phil to mortgage his house for her medical bills.
(c) Oliver filing for bankruptcy.
(d) Oliver having to ask his father for money.

15. What is Oliver's standing in law school and what does it mean?
(a) He is first, which means he can skip some unimportant classes in the Fall.
(b) He is near the bottom, which means he must re-take two classes.
(c) He is solidly in the middle, which means he is not eligible for any scholarship money.
(d) He is third, which means he has a position on the Law Review.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Oliver excited?

2. What does Jenny say may someday happen?

3. Why is Oliver leaving the hospital?

4. Why does he buy these tickets?

5. After a short while, what does Oliver decide he would like?

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