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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jenny say may someday happen?
(a) Oliver will have a child that feels about him the way he feels about his father.
(b) Oliver's father may die and Oliver will regret it.
(c) Jenny will divorce Oliver if he doesn't become nicer to his parents.
(d) Oliver and his father will reconcile.

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

3. What is Jenny doing when she suddenly says she has to go to the hospital?
(a) Talking to Phil on the phone.
(b) Washing dishes.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Watching a movie.

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

5. What does the taxi driver think is going on with Jenny?
(a) She is having a nervous breakdown.
(b) He isn't interested and makes no comments.
(c) She is going to visit her ill father.
(d) She is about to have a baby.

6. How soon does Jenny become pregnant after they move to New York?
(a) She was already pregnant before Oliver graduated.
(b) Jenny has not yet become pregnant.
(c) She became pregnant within days of stopping the pill.
(d) She does not want to become pregnant.

7. How much money does Oliver get from his father?
(a) He does not get any money from his dad because he is estranged from him.
(b) $5,000.
(c) He asks for 20,000, but gets only 15,000.
(d) His father gives Oliver his entire inheritance.

8. Who does Oliver see coming into the lobby as he is leaving?
(a) A priest to see Jenny.
(b) Jenny's sister.
(c) Oliver's father.
(d) Oliver's mother.

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

10. What does Oliver take over?
(a) The laundry.
(b) Walking the dog.
(c) Nothing, he's too busy with work.
(d) Cleaning up after dinner.

11. Who is called back to the clinic?
(a) Neither of them.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Both of them.
(d) Jenny.

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

13. What explanation does Oliver give his boss about his situation at home?
(a) None.
(b) He tells him a partial truth.
(c) He tells him the complete truth and breaks down crying.
(d) He tells him that Jenny is having an affair.

14. What does Oliver do after his father says he is sorry?
(a) Oliver does not see his father.
(b) Asks his father to pay for the funeral.
(c) Cries in his arms.
(d) Tells him he wouldn't know about that.

15. What does Oliver do about work?
(a) Works only half time.
(b) Tries to hide his personal life so he isn't fired.
(c) Tells his boss about Jenny and stops working.
(d) Quits his job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jenny promised Phil?

2. How could the couple's social life be described?

3. What does Jenny say in jest that they would name a boy child?

4. How does Oliver acknowledge the gift of the money?

5. How does Oliver satisfy both of their curiosity?

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