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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What library is Oliver at when he meets Jennifer?

2. What is hanging in the hall foyer?

3. What does Oliver wonder about Jenny as she looks at his father?

4. What would best describe Oliver's upbringing?

5. What happens when Oliver is distracted while searching for Jenny in the stands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver find out after a concert Jenny has given?

2. How does Oliver begin his story?

3. How does Oliver meet Jennifer and what does she say about him in the library?

4. What does Jenny say to Oliver about Oliver's father and Oliver's reaction to his own family?

5. Now that Oliver and Jenny have begun the sexual part of their relationship what is Oliver's roommate forced to do?

6. What does the Dean say to Oliver about his request?

7. What does Oliver tell Jenny about his father?

8. What does Oliver refuse to tell Ray and what does he continue to deny?

9. How do Jenny and Oliver feel about Oliver III's new appointment?

10. Why doesn't Oliver want to talk to Jenny about sex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jenny's relationship with her father is clearly much closer than Oliver's with his father, and she clearly values her father more than Oliver does his.

1. Do you think the way Jenny was raised compared to Oliver's childhood will cause problems in their relationship? Why or why not?

2. Is your relationship with your father or mother similar to Jenny's or Oliver's? Why?

3. Do you think that Oliver's father expects too much from his son? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Money. Life without Oliver's family money is beginning to make it felt in this chapter, foreshadowing the struggle Oliver and Jenny will face over the next three years while Oliver attends law school. Also touched on in this chapter for the first time is the theme of money.

1. How do you think you would react if you went from being very wealthy to being poor? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

2. Do you think rich people are happier than poor people?

3. Do you think Oliver was being too stubborn about staying away from his father and not getting help from him? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The reader watches the two Olivers interact and has to wonder if this sense of competition is mostly a product of Oliver's imagination rather than a true competition that his father has initiated.

1. Do you think Oliver is imagining his father's motivations and feelings? Why or why not?

2. All people attribute feelings and thoughts to other people without knowing whether they are true. Explain a situation in which you, or someone you know, assumed a person thought one way and it was not true.

3. How would you feel if someone thought you believed something, or felt something that you didn't? How would you try to change their opinion?

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