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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 is Jennifer's major?

2. In which hockey game does Oliver get hurt?

3. What does Oliver refuse to tell Ray?

4. Where is the music teacher who has accepted Jenny as a student?

5. When Oliver finds Jennifer after his whirlpool, what does he first do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What habit of Oliver's father irritates him and why?

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

6. What surprises Oliver about sex with Jenny?

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

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

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

10. What did the trainer do to Oliver after he was hurt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Oliver refuses to tell his father the truth and allows him to believe he got some girl in trouble.

1. Why do you think it is easier for Oliver to let his father think something bad of him then to tell him the truth?

2. Do you think Oliver should have told his father the truth? Why or why not?

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