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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. How does Oliver feel in relation to his father?

2. What seems evident to be developing between Jenny and Oliver?

3. What is a new element in Oliver's life?

4. What is Jenny's overall emotion?

5. What is Jenny doing when Oliver arrives at the dorm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver's father ask Oliver about a letter he's waiting on and what did the father suggest?

2. What does Oliver tell Jenny about his father?

3. When and under what circumstances does Oliver go to the Radcliffe library?

4. Why does Oliver think Jenny knows who he is?

5. Why doesn't Oliver want to talk to Jenny about sex?

6. What did the trainer do to Oliver after he was hurt?

7. What does Jenny tell Oliver after they make love?

8. How are Jenny and Oliver married?

9. What habit of Oliver's father irritates him and why?

10. What does Oliver find out after a concert Jenny has given?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oliver accepts his father's love for the first time, seeing it for what it is in his father's awkward way of showing love. It is a happy ending despite the devastation that marks Jenny's death.

1. Do you think Oliver's joy at finally knowing his father loves him is stronger than his grief at Jenny's death?

2. Do you think someone can experience joy and sorrow at almost the exact same moment? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

After he and Jenny get in a fight and she leaves he goes to look for her. Oliver goes home and finds Jenny sitting on the top step in front of their apartment. Oliver attempts to apologize, but Jenny tells him he does not have to.

1. Do you think Jenny was right by telling him he didn't have to apologize? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think it is good for someone to forgive a wrong done them rather than to hold onto it?

3. What do you think would happen in the world if people forgave others immediately?

Essay Topic 3

Oliver seems to have grown some by this point as marked by his intuitive awareness that Phil would have been hurt if Oliver did not allow him to pay for the reception after their wedding.

1. What do you think might be some of the reasons Oliver is maturing? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Oliver's maturity shown in the book is unrealistic in the short amount of time period the book covers? Why or why not?

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