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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. How does Jenny feel about what Oliver wants?

2. What does Oliver do the first time they come to the apartment?

3. Where is their tiny apartment located?

4. What does Oliver take over?

5. What is the invitation that Jenny and Oliver receive?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Oliver checks on Jenny one night after dinner what does she tell him and what does he do?

2. What does Oliver tell his father about his request?

3. What does Oliver do after Jenny dies?

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

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

6. After graduation, where is Oliver ranked in his law class?

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

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

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

10. What does Oliver say and do when his father tells him he's sorry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Oliver is not comfortable with his life, but his deepest anxiety appears to come from his father.

1. Why do you think Oliver is uncomfortable with his life? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Oliver's father is the cause of Oliver's anxiety around him? Why or why not?

3. Do you think Oliver's perceptions of his parents are accurate? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

At the hospital, Oliver authorizes the doctor to do whatever needs to be done to make Jenny comfortable.

1. What do you think Oliver might be able to do to handle this stage of Jenny's illness?

2. Do you think this part of Jenny's illness is more difficult for Oliver than Jenny? Why or why not?

3. Describe a time in your life when you or someone you know was faced with a friend or relative dying.

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