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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 does Jenny say in jest that they would name a boy child?

2. Who does Oliver tell about Jenny's illness?

3. Who does Oliver see coming into the lobby as he is leaving?

4. What does Oliver find difficult?

5. What is Oliver's ranking at graduation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jenny tell Oliver about her visit to the doctor?

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

3. What does Jenny insist on doing at home and what is the one compromise she allows?

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

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

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

7. Why does Oliver go to see his father?

8. Where did Oliver and Jenny live in New York and how did Jenny fix it up?

9. How difficult is it for Oliver to keep the truth from Jenny and his boss?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The dinner between Oliver and his father touches on one of the themes of the novel--relationships between parents and children. Parents and children have unique relationships and this one is no different.

1. What constitutes a good relationship between a parent and child? What about a bad one?

2. Do you think the relationship between a parent and child is different at different ages? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your life to support your answer.

3. Does Oliver have a good or bad relationship with his father? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Jenny and Oliver are like oil and vinegar in their first meeting together.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. If you were in Oliver's situation would you just forget about Jenny or pursue her? Or if you were Jenny would you go for coffee with Oliver? (Answer depending upon your preference for a date). Explain why.

3. Have you ever met someone you didn't like when you first met them but later with whom you became good friends? Explain the circumstance and the similarities between it and Jenny and Oliver's meeting.

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