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

2. What does Oliver tell his father the reason is for needing the money?
(a) He tells him his car has broken down.
(b) He doesn't tell him any reason.
(c) He tells him he lost a bet at the races.
(d) He hasn't asked his father for money.

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

4. What is the likely reason Oliver's father lends his some money?
(a) His father has not loaned him money.
(b) His father wants to use the gift of money for emotional blackmail.
(c) Because he loves Oliver.
(d) Because he likes to see Oliver beg.

5. What do they receive almost daily?
(a) Phone calls from Phil.
(b) Invitations to social events.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) Massages.

6. Why does Jenny kick Oliver out of her hospital room?
(a) Because he keeps crying and getting her upset.
(b) To be able to talk to Phil alone.
(c) So her ex-boyfriend can visit and say goodbye.
(d) She wouldn't dream of kicking him out and missing one minute with him.

7. How does Jenny feel about what Oliver wants?
(a) Angry at the idea.
(b) Skeptical at first, but she comes around.
(c) Very enthusiastic from the moment Oliver mentions it.
(d) Adamantly against it.

8. Why is Oliver leaving the hospital?
(a) He is going to a Catholic church down the street.
(b) He needs some fresh air.
(c) He is headed home.
(d) He hates doctors and wants away from them because they could not save Jenny.

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

10. How might their spending be described?
(a) They buy what they want, but not to excess.
(b) They spend nothing as they have no money.
(c) Frugal.
(d) All out.

11. With whom does the fertility problem rest?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Both of them.
(c) There is no problem.
(d) Jenny.

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

13. What is Oliver's ranking at graduation?
(a) In the middle.
(b) Near the bottom.
(c) Third.
(d) It's irrelevant; they don't do a final ranking.

14. Where are Jenny and Oliver in July?
(a) Boston.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Dennis Port.
(d) New York City.

15. What does Jenny try goading Oliver into doing?
(a) Getting so mad he divorces her.
(b) Calling and personally refusing the invitation.
(c) Refusing the invitation for him but letting her go.
(d) Accepting the invitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a short while, what does Oliver decide he would like?

2. What does Oliver do for the first time in his adult life?

3. What is Jenny doing when she suddenly says she has to go to the hospital?

4. What does Oliver take over?

5. What does Phil do when he learns of Jenny's illness?

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