1. | Will Hayes receives this while sitting in his office. | ||
a phone call from his daughter's teacher | |||
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divorce papers | ||
a pink slip | |||
flowers | |||
2. | Will picks his daughter Maya up from school to discover a whole bunch of angry kids. What's happened? | ||
the kids' favorite teacher quit | |||
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the kids were taught a sex ed lesson | ||
the kids were told that Santa Claus is not real | |||
the kids were given surprise standardized tests that day | |||
3. | Maya pesters Will to tell her the story of how he and Maya's mother/soon-to-be ex-wife met. Will agrees, but under one condition: | ||
he will omit any mention of sex | |||
he's only telling the story for an hour a day, right before bed | |||
he has the option of ending the story at any time | |||
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he will change names and facts as he sees fit | ||
4. | The story of Will's romantic past begins in 1992, in Madison, Wisconsin. Will has aspirations to be ________ when he's older. | ||
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President of the United States | ||
a stand up comedian | |||
a astronaut | |||
an actor | |||
5. | Why is Will leaving his college sweetheart Emily and heading to New York City for a few months? | ||
he's in a summer program at NYU | |||
he's going to intern at CNN | |||
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he's campaigning for Bill Clinton | ||
he's participating in a theater program | |||
6. | Maya's shocked to learn this piece of information about college-aged Will. | ||
he had sex before marriage | |||
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he used to smoke cigarettes | ||
he was part of a fraternity | |||
he had spiked hair | |||
7. | Will and his friend Russ open the package Will was supposed to deliver to Emily's friend Summer. What does he discover after opening it? | ||
Emily has been cheating on Will | |||
Summer tried convincing Emily to break up with Will | |||
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Emily and Summer were intimate while at Columbia | ||
Emily was involved with Summer's brother while an undergrad | |||
By way of explanation.....
the gift was Summer's old diary |
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8. | Will gets drunk with Summer's boyfriend, Hampton Roth, while dropping off the diary. What does Hampton do? | ||
he's a congressman | |||
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he's a political writer | ||
he's a political science professor | |||
he's an actor | |||
9. | Will and copy-girl April have a contest - the loser of said contest has to buy dinner. What are they trying to see? | ||
who can hand their phone number out to the most tourists in Times Square | |||
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whether Will's cigarette or April's "natural" cigarette will burn quicker | ||
who can spit the farthest | |||
who is more committed to raising money for the Clinton campaign | |||
10. | Will takes April to a party after her boyfriend stands her up (on her birthday, no less!). What does Will do while up on the rooftop with April? | ||
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shows her the engagement ring he's bought for college girlfriend Emily | ||
propositions her | |||
convinces her to break up with her loser boyfriend | |||
explains why he wants to become President of the United States | |||
11. | April owns numerous copies of a certain book, as she's looking for a special inscription inside from her late father. What book is she collecting? | ||
Great Expectations | |||
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Jane Eyre | ||
Moby Dick | |||
Pride and Prejudice | |||
12. | Will proposes to Emily while she's visiting him in NYC. How does she respond? | ||
she happily accepts | |||
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she admits to sleeping with his roommate | ||
she agrees to marry him on the condition that he doesn't make her move to New York City | |||
she says she doesn't love him any more | |||
13. | Will meets up with Summer Hartley once again after this happens. | ||
he runs into her at a Clinton reelection campaign fundraiser | |||
they see each other while biking in Central Park | |||
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he receives an invitation to Hampton Roth's book reading | ||
she calls him, asking for help with an article she's writing | |||
14. | Will asks Summer to sing him a song, since she had wanted to be an actress once upon a time. What does she sing to him? | ||
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"I've Got a Crush on You" | ||
"I Want Your Sex" | |||
"My Funny Valentine" | |||
"I've Just Seen a Face" | |||
15. | Summer and Will want to spend the entire day in bed together, but that doesn't happen after they receive a call. What's going on? | ||
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Hampton is in the E.R. | ||
Will's candidate has been caught in bed with a prostitute | |||
Russ and his girlfriend are engaged | |||
Will's mother has died | |||
16. | Will gets a surprise visit from April. April's in for a surprise too - what happens during her visit with Will? | ||
Will introduces April to Summer | |||
Will yells at her for talking so long to get back in touch with him | |||
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Will stops in a jewelry store to pick up an engagement ring for Summer | ||
Will admits he should have dated April all along | |||
17. | What happens that leads to Will and Summer's break-up? | ||
Summer spends the night at Hampton's place | |||
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Summer writes an article incriminating Will's candidate | ||
Summer and Will argue about whether they want children | |||
Will considers a new career path | |||
18. | Will finds the copy of Jane Eyre that April has been searching for. He goes to drop it off at her place but leaves with the book after: | ||
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meeting April's live-in boyfriend | ||
learning April wants nothing to do with him | |||
learning she's not going to be home for another few days | |||
realizing he's still angry at April for her brush-off at his birthday party | |||
19. | Maya's getting upset with Will's story - why? | ||
she is unhappy hearing that Will has been with women other than her mother | |||
she feels the story is too long | |||
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she's afraid she won't like who her mother is | ||
retelling the story seems to be making Will sad | |||
20. | Summer "introduces" Will to this person at her party. | ||
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Emily | ||
Hampton | |||
April | |||
Russ | |||
21. | Maya's figured out that Emily is her mother. What part of the story clued her in? | ||
Emily's favorite saying "what's shakin', bacon?" | |||
the way Emily giggled when she was nervous about saying no to Will's first proposal | |||
Emily's crooked smile | |||
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the way Emily pushes Will's hair back from his forehead | ||
By way of explanation.....
Emily soothes Maya the same way |
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22. | Will tells Maya the happy part of his story. What is it? | ||
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Maya's existence | ||
realizing he is still in love with Emily | |||
the way his life turned out | |||
the happy years he spent with Maya's mom | |||
23. | What does Will do immediately after signing the divorce papers? | ||
calls Maya to let her know | |||
takes a walk through Central Park | |||
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delivers the copy of Jane Eyre to April | ||
visits Summer and her son at their new apartment | |||
24. | Maya's curious about one part of Will's story. What is it? | ||
how much of the story he told was embellished or exaggerated | |||
why he chose Emily over the other two women | |||
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why he changed every name in the story except for April's | ||
if he regretted who he ended up with | |||
25. | April's still angry that Will held onto the book for so long, but she wants to know about the story Maya refers to. Why does Will say he held onto the book for so long? | ||
he wanted to wait for the right moment to give it to April | |||
he wanted to read the book first | |||
he needed to make sure Emily was okay with him giving a gift to another woman | |||
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it was the only part of April he had left in his life | ||