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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 plot device is used in this chapter several times?

2. What does the girl at the main desk ask Oliver when he approaches her with a question?

3. From what fact that Jenny discovers does she take comfort?

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

5. What topic does Oliver's father want to discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oliver feel when he sees Jenny after the game and what does he do?

2. What does Oliver tell Jenny about his father?

3. What does Jenny tell Oliver about her father?

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

5. Why does Oliver watch Jenny when introducing his parents to her?

6. What surprises Oliver about sex with Jenny?

7. What does Oliver's father ask Oliver about a letter he's waiting on and what did the father suggest?

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

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

10. What do Oliver and Jenny tell her father about how they plan to wed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Oliver seems to have grown some by this point as marked by his intuitive awareness that Phil would have been hurt if Oliver did not allow him to pay for the reception after their wedding.

1. What do you think might be some of the reasons Oliver is maturing? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Oliver's maturity shown in the book is unrealistic in the short amount of time period the book covers? Why or why not?

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