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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oliver demand of Sam?
(a) That he go with him in his car to get Rebecca.
(b) That he stay home.
(c) That he ride separately from him.
(d) That he call the police.

2. What does Sam do when Jane tells her story and her fear of water?
(a) Sam holds her tight.
(b) Sam sets her on the edge of the pond.
(c) Sam laughs at her story.
(d) Sam carries Jane into shoulder-high water where they both ease underwater face to face.

3. Does Hadley agree to Sam's request?
(a) Yes, but only for a few weeks.
(b) Yes, but only for a night.
(c) Maybe.
(d) No.

4. After Oliver describes the procedure he used to free the whale, what does he do?
(a) He quietly mentions his wife and daughter.
(b) He goes home.
(c) He continues his search for his wife.
(d) He makes a plea for help in finding his wife and child.

5. How does Jane feel when she climbs into her car to find Rebecca there?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Worried.
(d) Startled.

6. Is Oliver successful at saving the whale?
(a) No.
(b) Not yet.
(c) Hopefully.
(d) Yes.

7. Who finds Jane in the neighbor's yard?
(a) A policeman.
(b) Jane's father.
(c) Joley.
(d) The neighbor.

8. Sam keeps quiet while Oliver does what?
(a) Screams.
(b) Cries.
(c) Hits him.
(d) Pretends to have control of the situation.

9. Where does Oliver find Jane?
(a) In bed with Sam.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In the livingroom watching television.
(d) In the kitchen.

10. Between what does Jane feel torn?
(a) Her love for Oliver and her love for Sam.
(b) Her desire to be home and with Sam.
(c) Staying married and getting divorced.
(d) Pleasing herself or her daughter.

11. In what does Oliver get his Master's from Harvard?
(a) Marine biology.
(b) Scientology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Biochemistry.

12. What does Mica do after listening to Oliver's tale of woe?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She pays for his meal.
(c) She takes him to her apartment to sleep.
(d) She sends him to a hotel.

13. What has Sam put into the car?
(a) Bushels of apples.
(b) A note.
(c) A card.
(d) A ring.

14. What does Rebecca do when she realizes what has happened between her mother and Sam?
(a) She is surprised but happy.
(b) She runs outside into Hadley's arms for comfort.
(c) She feels sorry for them.
(d) She is worried about her father.

15. On the ride back to shore, about what does Oliver confide?
(a) Jane and how he wants Jane to know he is in Massachusetts.
(b) He does not love his wife.
(c) He wants to go home.
(d) He misses his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jane cry?

2. The morning after having sex with Sam, what does Sam do?

3. What does Oliver do when a humpback whale is beached at Gloucester, Massachusetts?

4. What does Jane's father do when she refuses to eat or sleep?

5. For what does Jane wish when she tells Rebecca that she and Sam are friends?

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