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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Setting up meetings with other researchers.
(c) Heading to the east coast to observe whales.
(d) Working in a zoo.

2. When the truck stops at a roadside diner, what does Earl attempt to do?
(a) Help Rebecca out of the truck.
(b) Give Rebecca his phone number.
(c) Buy her dinner.
(d) Molest Rebecca.

3. On July 15, 1990, Jane takes Rebecca to a YMCA to swim in what city?
(a) Terre Haute.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Columbus.
(d) Indianapolis.

4. What does Rebecca do to stay warm?
(a) She turns up the heat.
(b) She constructs a makeshift igloo of frozen foods.
(c) She wraps a blanket around her body.
(d) She wears many layers.

5. At an ice cream parlor, what does Rebecca notice about her mother?
(a) She seems happier than usual.
(b) She is giddy in love with a man she seemed to despise.
(c) She is unhappy.
(d) She is not complaining.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the funeral, how does Joley find Jane?

2. What does Jane do when she spots Joley?

3. How does Oliver celebrate his own brilliance?

4. What does Jane remember about the day before her wedding?

5. How does Mother try to help Joley sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has become of Oliver and Jane's marriage?

2. What takes place during Sam and Joley's conversation?

3. Why does Oliver think he has to intercept Jane and Rebecca before they reach Joley?

4. How are Jane and Rebecca's role reversed?

5. What does Joley write in his letter to Jane at Fishtrap, Montana?

6. How do Sam and Jane finally become civil toward one another?

7. How does Jane end up covered in manure?

8. Why does Joley not want Jane to send Rebecca back to Oliver?

9. How does Rebecca get to Hadley's mother's home?

10. How does Oliver learn about where his wife and daughter are headed?

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