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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Jane after her mother leaves?
(a) Her father leaves.
(b) Joley calls her name.
(c) She goes to the neighbor's home.
(d) Her father molests her.

2. In his letter to Jane, of what does Joley remind Jane?
(a) Of the time their father abused Jane.
(b) Of the time their father broke two of mother's ribs.
(c) Of the time he ran away from home.
(d) Of the time their mother left.

3. For what does Sam plead?
(a) Jane to go back to Oliver.
(b) Jane to divorce Oliver.
(c) Jane to marry him.
(d) A day with Jane.

4. The wind howls through the metal and the corn stalks like what?
(a) Ghosts of the people killed in the crash.
(b) A tornado.
(c) Wild dogs.
(d) Crying coyotes.

5. What probability does Oliver face?
(a) He is responsible for driving Jane away from their marriage.
(b) Jane is responsible for all of their problems.
(c) He will miss the whales.
(d) He will lose his job.

6. For what does Jane wish when she tells Rebecca that she and Sam are friends?
(a) They were just acquaintances.
(b) That it were true.
(c) More than friendship.
(d) That he and Rebecca were friends.

7. Who does Jane meet at the sheep shearing incident?
(a) Sam's mother.
(b) Hadley.
(c) Sam.
(d) Hadley's mother.

8. Where do Jane and Rebecca visit in Chicago?
(a) The Shedd Aquarium.
(b) Chicago Museum of Art.
(c) Miracle Mile.
(d) Wrigley Field.

9. How does Oliver first meet Jane?
(a) He finds her purse in the tide pool so he returns it to the address listed inside the purse.
(b) He sees her at a party.
(c) They are in the same biology course.
(d) He runs into her on the beach.

10. How is the lovemaking from Sam's point of view?
(a) Same as usual.
(b) More explicit and physical.
(c) Boring.
(d) Unusual.

11. By the time Sam and Oliver return with the gas, what has happened?
(a) The car has a flat tire.
(b) They bought the wrong gas.
(c) It is dark.
(d) The car has been towed.

12. What does Sam tell Hadley to do?
(a) Marry Rebecca.
(b) Back away from Rebecca.
(c) Run away.
(d) Stay where he is.

13. What happens when Jane finishes her shower?
(a) She is appalled to find Sam calmly shaving at the sink.
(b) She feels nervous.
(c) She feels refreshed.
(d) She slips.

14. While Rebecca climbs through the ruins of the Midwest Airlines Flight 997 crash, what does Jane remember?
(a) How she never wanted children.
(b) How she put holes in her diaphragm to get pregnant because Oliver did not want children yet.
(c) How she put Rebecca on that plane.
(d) How she misses Oliver.

15. How does Sam apologize for the sheep shearing incident?
(a) He makes her dinner.
(b) He says he is sorry.
(c) He offers his mother's clothes for her to wear.
(d) He buys her new clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam tell Hadley to do?

2. Who finds Jane in the neighbor's yard?

3. Why are Joley, Hadley and Rebecca preparing to go into town?

4. How is the dinner that night?

5. Why does Sam hand Jane off to Hadley and Joley at the first opportunity?

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