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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. What does Oliver hold up?

2. How is the lovemaking from Sam's point of view?

3. Where are Oliver, Jane and Rebecca going back to?

4. Oliver goes to Gloucester where he meets who?

5. What does Jane do when Joley follows her to the bathroom, asking if she is okay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oliver help a whale?

2. What happens at the John Hopkins medical museum?

3. What happens to Jane when her mother and father argue and her mother eventually leaves?

4. What does Jane admit to Joley about Sam?

5. What takes place between Jane and Sam?

6. Why is Rebecca surprised about an argument between her parents?

7. How does Rebecca react to seeing the crash site?

8. What takes place in the last moments between Sam and Jane?

9. What happens when Oliver arrives at the Hansen's orchard?

10. What happens when Jane tells her mother about her father's molestations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In their few days together, Sam has become more intimate with Jane than Oliver has in over fifteen years.

Part 1) Describe Sam and Jane's time together. Compare their relationship with Jane and Oliver's relationship.

Part 2) Why is this relationship more intimate than one that has lasted for over fifteen years?

Part 3) What might this mean for Jane's relationships with these two men? Will she be able to stay with Oliver after forming a relationship with Sam? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Joley sees Sam and Jane as soul mates.

Part 1) Describe the relationship between Sam and Jane. Why does Joley believe they are soul mates?

Part 2) What does this belief reveal about Joley and his idea of love? How does this compare to others' beliefs about love?

Part 3) Do you believe that Sam and Jane are soul mates? Why or why not? Will they end up together? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Jane and Rebecca run away, as if on autopilot.

Part 1) Why do they run away? How have they become, in a way, conditioned to run away?

Part 2) Do they believe this will fix their problems? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this desire to run change as the story comes to and end? Why?

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