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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 does Oliver choose to work?

2. To where does Oliver buy airline tickets?

3. What does Jenny try goading Oliver into doing?

4. What might be the only happy ending to this story?

5. How does Oliver satisfy both of their curiosity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver receive in the mail that he and Jenny fight about and how does she feel? How does he feel?

2. Who does Oliver tell about Jenny's illness and what does he do?

3. What do Oliver and Jenny do when she doesn't get pregnant?

4. What does Oliver do after Jenny dies?

5. What kind of law firm does Oliver take a job with and where is it located?

6. What does Oliver decide shortly after they move to New York and how does Jenny feel about it?

7. Where is Jenny working and how does she feel about that?

8. Why does the doctor call Oliver into the office and what does he tell Oliver?

9. What kind of place do Jenny and Oliver rent when they return to Cambridge?

10. What did the letter Oliver received in July say about his last year's studies?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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