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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. Why does Rebecca sneak around to watch an argument between her parents?
(a) She is curious about what they argue over.
(b) She wants to make sure her mother will be okay.
(c) She watches every argument.
(d) They usually ignore each other.

2. Who finds Jane in the neighbor's yard?
(a) The neighbor.
(b) A policeman.
(c) Joley.
(d) Jane's father.

3. How does Oliver first meet Jane?
(a) He sees her at a party.
(b) He runs into her on the beach.
(c) He finds her purse in the tide pool so he returns it to the address listed inside the purse.
(d) They are in the same biology course.

4. How does Sam say he travels?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Bi-weekly.
(c) By plane.
(d) Vicariously by reading about exotic places.

5. Is Oliver successful at saving the whale?
(a) Not yet.
(b) No.
(c) Hopefully.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Jane wish when she tells Rebecca that she and Sam are friends?

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

3. In what is a three-year-old, thirty-foot-long, fifty-thousand-pound female humpback whale tangled?

4. Where does Jane promise to celebrate Rebecca's birthday?

5. What does Sam tell Hadley to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Oliver's plans to find Jane and Rebecca change?

2. What is Sam's view of the sheep shearing incident?

3. What takes place between Jane and Sam?

4. How does the relationship between Jane and Sam change?

5. What does Oliver recall about the morning after his wedding?

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

7. How does Oliver try to show Jane and Rebecca where he is?

8. How do Sam's actions show he is interested in Jane?

9. What does Oliver do at the Blue Diner?

10. What does Jane admit to Joley about Sam?

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