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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Emily invite Sam to a party?
(a) To help him make friends.
(b) To introduce him to friends.
(c) To embarrass her ex-boyfriend.
(d) To show him off.

2. When the orchard suffered a parasite causing loss of half of the crop when Sam was fourteen, how did he comfort himself?
(a) By learning how to sing.
(b) By learning about electronics.
(c) By learning to fix appliances.
(d) By learning how to play music.

3. After years of being unwilling to swim, what happens to Jane?
(a) She now regains her love of the water.
(b) She dips her toe in the water.
(c) She almost drowns.
(d) She falls into the water.

4. Where does Jane long to be?
(a) On a sunny beach.
(b) With someone else.
(c) Back in college.
(d) Back in the early years of their marriage when Oliver spoke to her about his discoveries.

5. What does Joley say when she tells him about leaving Oliver?
(a) He tells her to try to work things out.
(b) He tells her get a divorce.
(c) He directs her to come to him.
(d) He tells her to take a vacation.

6. That night, what do Hadley and Rebecca promise?
(a) To run away.
(b) To find a way to be together.
(c) To get married.
(d) To never see each other again.

7. How does Oliver celebrate his own brilliance?
(a) At midnight in the bar of a Holiday Inn.
(b) At noon in the bar of a Holiday Inn.
(c) By calling his wife.
(d) By watching a documentary on whales.

8. How is Hadley treating Rebecca the day after Rebecca confided her life story to him?
(a) He follows her around.
(b) He is avoiding her.
(c) He talks to her.
(d) He is kind to her.

9. Emotionally repressed Oliver attempts to get back to work by doing what?
(a) Drafting an article on humpback whales for the Journal of Mammology.
(b) Working in a zoo.
(c) Setting up meetings with other researchers.
(d) Heading to the east coast to observe whales.

10. How does Joley repay Jane, who rescued him from jail and kept in touch with him during his years of wanderlust?
(a) By calling her every day.
(b) By giving her money.
(c) By believing in her.
(d) By taking her for granted.

11. What job does Jane have?
(a) She is a speech pathologist for the San Diego school system.
(b) She is a teacher for the San Diego school system.
(c) She is a nurse for the San Diego school system.
(d) She is a principal for the San Diego school system.

12. Does Joseph Tall Neck believe Jane's story?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Not at first.

13. On the highway between the Grand Canyon and Salt Lake City, who does Jane race against?
(a) A semi-truck.
(b) Oliver.
(c) The Oscar Mayer wiener mobile.
(d) Time.

14. How long do Jane and Oliver date before they make love?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

15. Where do Sam, Hadley, Jane, Rebecca and Joley go for a picnic and to swim?
(a) Pickerington Pond.
(b) Pickerel Pond.
(c) Poughkeepsie Park.
(d) Portage Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rebecca recall tagging along with her mother after the plane crash?

2. Why will Oliver not be at Rebecca's fifteenth birthday?

3. At a diner, how do Jane and Rebecca introduce themselves?

4. How does Jane's father react when Jane scares away the animals?

5. How does Jane feel when Oliver stops having sex with her?

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