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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. Of what does the girl accuse Oliver?

2. Where does Oliver's father want to take him?

3. What are Jenny and Oliver doing when they finally have sex?

4. How could Jenny and her father's relationship be described?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jenny feel about meeting Oliver's parents and why?

2. Why is Oliver nervous about meeting Jenny's father?

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

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

5. Why does Oliver go to talk to the Associate Dean of Harvard Law School?

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

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

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

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

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

Oliver places top in his class at law school, which is important foreshadowing because the top three members of his class will receive the best job offers after graduation.

1. Why do you think education is important? Use examples from this book and your life to support your answer.

2. How do you think the education system in America helps students?

3. How do you think the education system in America harms students?

Essay Topic 2

Oliver receives a good job in New York that pays him a record salary, officially ending the money drought they have suffered for the last three years. Now things will be different for them do to this extra money, affecting their lives drastically and touching on the theme of money once more.

1. Oliver has now gone from rich to poor to rich. How do you think that would affect someone's character?

2. Do you think Jenny and Oliver are happier now that they have plenty of money?

3. How do you think Jenny feels about coming from a working class home to one with plenty of money?

Essay Topic 3

There is clearly a lot of love between father and daughter, a fact Oliver watches with some awkwardness.

1. Why do you think Oliver would feel awkward about Jenny's and Phil's relationship?

2. Do you think Phil is the "ideal" father or do you think he also has some negative points? Explain your answer and use examples from the book to support it.

3. Do you think Oliver feels awkward about Jenny and Phil because he regrets the relationship he has with his father? Why or why not?

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