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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jenny want Oliver to do?
(a) Talk to his father.
(b) Join the Peace Corps with her.
(c) Quit law school and start a job.
(d) Attend Harvard Sports events.

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

3. Who is impressed with an article Oliver writes?
(a) Only Jenny.
(b) Phil and Jenny.
(c) Oliver's entire law class.
(d) Oliver's father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver do for the first time in his adult life?

2. What is Oliver's ranking at graduation?

3. What does Jenny say may someday happen?

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

5. What does Jenny try goading Oliver into doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Oliver checks on Jenny one night after dinner what does she tell him and what does he do?

2. What does Oliver say and do when his father tells him he's sorry?

3. What does Jenny insist on doing at home and what is the one compromise she allows?

4. What did the letter Oliver received in July say about his last year's studies?

5. What did Oliver do in his second year of law school?

6. Where is Jenny working and how does she feel about that?

7. Who does Oliver tell about Jenny's illness and what does he do?

8. What does Oliver decide shortly after they move to New York and how does Jenny feel about it?

9. What does Oliver receive in the mail that he and Jenny fight about and how does she feel? How does he feel?

10. Where did Oliver and Jenny live in New York and how did Jenny fix it up?

(see the answer keys)

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