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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 does Jenny admit for the first time in this chapter?

2. How does Oliver feel about dinner with his father?

3. What are Oliver's plans for supporting their new family?

4. What would best describe Oliver's upbringing?

5. What increases Jenny's emotional level?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Oliver think Jenny knows who he is?

2. What does Oliver admit about his relationship with Jenny?

3. What does Oliver III tell his son will happen if he marries Jenny and what does Oliver do?

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

5. When and under what circumstances does Oliver go to the Radcliffe library?

6. What does Oliver hear when he goes over to Jenny when he's picking her up and what does he say? How does she answer?

7. Why does Oliver make certain Jenny has a program at the hockey game?

8. How are Jenny and Oliver married?

9. What does Jenny tell Oliver about her father?

10. How does Oliver play hockey and what are the consequences of Jenny's being at the game? Where does Oliver talk to Jenny while at the game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the hospital, Oliver authorizes the doctor to do whatever needs to be done to make Jenny comfortable.

1. What do you think Oliver might be able to do to handle this stage of Jenny's illness?

2. Do you think this part of Jenny's illness is more difficult for Oliver than Jenny? Why or why not?

3. Describe a time in your life when you or someone you know was faced with a friend or relative dying.

Essay Topic 2

After he and Jenny get in a fight and she leaves he goes to look for her. Oliver goes home and finds Jenny sitting on the top step in front of their apartment. Oliver attempts to apologize, but Jenny tells him he does not have to.

1. Do you think Jenny was right by telling him he didn't have to apologize? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think it is good for someone to forgive a wrong done them rather than to hold onto it?

3. What do you think would happen in the world if people forgave others immediately?

Essay Topic 3

However, the doctor tells him that Jenny's problem is not related to her fertility but the fact that she has an incurable type of leukemia. The doctor tells Oliver to go home and pretend everything is normal for as long as possible.

1. Do you think the doctor should hide Jenny's illness from her? Why or why not?

2. Do you think that from what you know of Jenny at this point in the book she would want to know about her illness? Why or why not?

3. If you were terminally ill would you want to know as soon as the doctors knew? Why or why not?

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