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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oliver do for the first time in his adult life?
(a) Turns to God.
(b) Goes to a prostitute.
(c) Calls his father and begs.
(d) Goes to a loan shark.

2. What does Oliver do after his father says he is sorry?
(a) Tells him he wouldn't know about that.
(b) Oliver does not see his father.
(c) Cries in his arms.
(d) Asks his father to pay for the funeral.

3. How much money does Oliver get from his father?
(a) $5,000.
(b) He asks for 20,000, but gets only 15,000.
(c) His father gives Oliver his entire inheritance.
(d) He does not get any money from his dad because he is estranged from him.

4. Where does the couple go for consultation?
(a) To Jenny's father.
(b) An astrologer.
(c) A financial adviser.
(d) A fertility doctor.

5. What does Oliver find difficult?
(a) Keeping things normal for Jenny.
(b) Going to work everyday.
(c) Not calling his father.
(d) Law.

6. What is Jenny's problem?
(a) She has an incurable type of leukemia.
(b) She is trying too hard.
(c) She has endometriosus.
(d) Her eggs do not descend.

7. What are Oliver's instructions to the doctor?
(a) To do everything to make Jenny as comfortable as possible.
(b) To let her die quickly.
(c) To do anything to save her life.
(d) He wouldn't presume to give the doctors instructions.

8. Who does Oliver tell about Jenny's illness?
(a) No one.
(b) Jenny's sister.
(c) Phil.
(d) His mother.

9. What is Oliver's standing in law school and what does it mean?
(a) He is solidly in the middle, which means he is not eligible for any scholarship money.
(b) He is first, which means he can skip some unimportant classes in the Fall.
(c) He is third, which means he has a position on the Law Review.
(d) He is near the bottom, which means he must re-take two classes.

10. How soon does Jenny become pregnant after they move to New York?
(a) She was already pregnant before Oliver graduated.
(b) She does not want to become pregnant.
(c) Jenny has not yet become pregnant.
(d) She became pregnant within days of stopping the pill.

11. What does Oliver do the first time they come to the apartment?
(a) Carries Jenny over the threshold.
(b) Smashes the door with his fist in humiliation.
(c) Pours an expensive bottle of wine for them.
(d) Cries.

12. What does Oliver join?
(a) The Harvard Club of New York.
(b) A crew team of lawyers.
(c) The YMCA.
(d) A homeless coalition.

13. Why does Oliver go to Boston?
(a) To pick up Jenny's father at the airport.
(b) To talk to his grandmother.
(c) To ask his father for money.
(d) To consult with a specialist in leukemia.

14. What does Oliver do during that next year?
(a) Joins the Harvard crew team.
(b) Works hard and edits and writes law articles.
(c) Works at a pizza place and goes to school.
(d) Reconciles finally with his father.

15. What does Oliver do about work?
(a) Works only half time.
(b) Quits his job.
(c) Tells his boss about Jenny and stops working.
(d) Tries to hide his personal life so he isn't fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is their tiny apartment located?

2. Where do Jenny and Oliver work?

3. Who calls Oliver's parents and for what reason?

4. How does Oliver respond?

5. What does Oliver tell his father the reason is for needing the money?

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