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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. Where did Oliver get wounded in the hockey game?

2. Of what does the girl accuse Oliver?

3. Why is Oliver holding back on trying to seduce Jenny into sex?

4. What is the name and location of the club where Oliver and his father are eating?

5. Who opens the door when Oliver and Jenny walk up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Oliver III think about his son marrying Jenny?

5. What is Jenny doing when Oliver comes to pick her up and what does he do?

6. What does Oliver tell Jenny about his father?

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

8. How does Oliver drive to take Jenny to meet his parents and why does he drive that way?

9. What happens to Oliver because Jenny has distracted him during the hockey game?

10. Who comes to Jenny's graduation from Radcliffe and what does Jenny not tell them and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From rich to poor. Oliver's need for financial aid is a new event in his life and is not received well by the dean of the school who is aware of Oliver's family background.

1. Do you think Oliver and his father are being childish? Why or why not?

2. What do you think are some of the ways in which Oliver's life is different due to his financial situation?

3. If you were in Oliver's position would you think marrying Jenny was worth being poor? 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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